Blooming Grove vs Retreat

A side-by-side comparison of Blooming Grove and Retreat: population, income, housing, and more.

Blooming Grove and Retreat are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blooming Grove has the higher population (779 vs 654 in Retreat). Retreat has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $67,143 in Blooming Grove). Retreat has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $104,500 in Blooming Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
Population	779	654
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$86,667
Median home value	$104,500	$184,500
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,583
Housing units	377	231
Homeownership rate	69.1%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
Population	823 → 779 (-5.3%)	459 → 654 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $67,143 (+37.0%)	$57,813 → $86,667 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $104,500 (+33.5%)	$128,100 → $184,500 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,105 (+28.9%)	$1,094 → $1,583 (+44.7%)

Blooming Grove

Population

823779

Median household income

$49,000$67,143

Median home value

$78,300$104,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,105

Retreat

Population

459654

Median household income

$57,813$86,667

Median home value

$128,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
Under 5	10.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	4.1%
75 and over	7.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	56.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
No high school diploma	15.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
Drove alone	69.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
1-unit, detached	85.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Grove	Retreat
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.70	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1963	1991