Bloomington vs Placedo

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomington and Placedo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomington has the higher population (1,409 vs 503 in Placedo). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($40,298 vs $28,000 in Placedo). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($128,600 vs $46,200 in Placedo).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Placedo
Population	1,409	503
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,298	$28,000
Median home value	$128,600	$46,200
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	559	246
Homeownership rate	69.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Placedo
Population	1,783 → 1,409 (-21.0%)	515 → 503 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$33,576 → $40,298 (+20.0%)	$28,618 → $28,000 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$42,300 → $128,600 (+204.0%)	$64,900 → $46,200 (-28.8%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $761 (+9.2%)	—

Bloomington

Population

1,7831,409

Median household income

$33,576$40,298

Median home value

$42,300$128,600

Median gross rent

$697$761

Placedo

Population

515503

Median household income

$28,618$28,000

Median home value

$64,900$46,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Placedo
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	31.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	28.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	4.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.9%
75 and over	10.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Placedo
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	32.4%
Black or African American	10.5%	17.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.7%	50.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Placedo
No high school diploma	21.9%	17.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Placedo
Drove alone	48.1%	40.0%
Carpooled	42.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	42.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Placedo
1-unit, detached	70.7%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	55.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Placedo
Poverty rate	33.7%	24.5%
Average household size	3.13	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	49	—
Median year structure built	1969	1966