Blooming Grove vs Rice

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

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

Rice has the higher population (1,168 vs 779 in Blooming Grove). Blooming Grove has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $64,063 in Rice). Blooming Grove has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $89,600 in Rice).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Grove	Rice
Population	779	1,168
Median age	37.0 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$64,063
Median home value	$104,500	$89,600
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,210
Housing units	377	395
Homeownership rate	69.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Grove	Rice
Population	823 → 779 (-5.3%)	1,092 → 1,168 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $67,143 (+37.0%)	$60,625 → $64,063 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $104,500 (+33.5%)	$91,400 → $89,600 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,105 (+28.9%)	$859 → $1,210 (+40.9%)

Blooming Grove

Population

823779

Median household income

$49,000$67,143

Median home value

$78,300$104,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,105

Rice

Population

1,0921,168

Median household income

$60,625$64,063

Median home value

$91,400$89,600

Median gross rent

$859$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Grove	Rice
Under 5	10.0%	15.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	13.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.1%
75 and over	7.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Grove	Rice
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	31.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	47.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Grove	Rice
No high school diploma	15.6%	25.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Grove	Rice
Drove alone	69.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Grove	Rice
1-unit, detached	85.9%	48.4%
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%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Grove	Rice
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.70	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1963	1994