Bloomer vs Chippewa Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomer and Chippewa Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomer and Chippewa Falls are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chippewa Falls has the higher population (14,643 vs 3,691 in Bloomer). Chippewa Falls has the higher median household income ($62,133 vs $55,595 in Bloomer). Chippewa Falls has the higher median home value ($194,800 vs $194,000 in Bloomer).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
Population	3,691	14,643
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,595	$62,133
Median home value	$194,000	$194,800
Median gross rent	$779	$910
Housing units	1,664	6,765
Homeownership rate	67.8%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
Population	3,497 → 3,691 (+5.5%)	14,101 → 14,643 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$42,123 → $55,595 (+32.0%)	$46,909 → $62,133 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $194,000 (+41.7%)	$135,100 → $194,800 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $779 (+46.7%)	$818 → $910 (+11.2%)

Bloomer

Population

3,4973,691

Median household income

$42,123$55,595

Median home value

$136,900$194,000

Median gross rent

$531$779

Chippewa Falls

Population

14,10114,643

Median household income

$46,909$62,133

Median home value

$135,100$194,800

Median gross rent

$818$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.9%
75 and over	11.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
Drove alone	77.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
1-unit, detached	69.3%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bloomer	Chippewa Falls
Poverty rate	6.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1971	1970