Bloomer vs New Auburn

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomer and New Auburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomer has the higher population (3,691 vs 550 in New Auburn). New Auburn has the higher median household income ($67,981 vs $55,595 in Bloomer). Bloomer has the higher median home value ($194,000 vs $164,400 in New Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomer	New Auburn
Population	3,691	550
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,595	$67,981
Median home value	$194,000	$164,400
Median gross rent	$779	$1,010
Housing units	1,664	216
Homeownership rate	67.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomer	New Auburn
Population	3,497 → 3,691 (+5.5%)	564 → 550 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$42,123 → $55,595 (+32.0%)	$56,750 → $67,981 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $194,000 (+41.7%)	$114,800 → $164,400 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $779 (+46.7%)	$825 → $1,010 (+22.4%)

Bloomer

Population

3,4973,691

Median household income

$42,123$55,595

Median home value

$136,900$194,000

Median gross rent

$531$779

New Auburn

Population

564550

Median household income

$56,750$67,981

Median home value

$114,800$164,400

Median gross rent

$825$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomer	New Auburn
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	19.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.1%
75 and over	11.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomer	New Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomer	New Auburn
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomer	New Auburn
Drove alone	77.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomer	New Auburn
1-unit, detached	69.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomer	New Auburn
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1971	1973