Bloomington vs Livingston

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

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

Bloomington has the higher population (716 vs 517 in Livingston). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($70,192 vs $65,625 in Livingston). Livingston has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $139,400 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Livingston
Population	716	517
Median age	40.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,192	$65,625
Median home value	$139,400	$153,100
Median gross rent	$633	$675
Housing units	298	228
Homeownership rate	84.4%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Livingston
Population	735 → 716 (-2.6%)	608 → 517 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $70,192 (+39.5%)	$58,472 → $65,625 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $139,400 (+54.9%)	$112,000 → $153,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $633 (+19.0%)	$772 → $675 (-12.6%)

Bloomington

Population

735716

Median household income

$50,313$70,192

Median home value

$90,000$139,400

Median gross rent

$532$633

Livingston

Population

608517

Median household income

$58,472$65,625

Median home value

$112,000$153,100

Median gross rent

$772$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Livingston
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.9%
75 and over	8.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Livingston
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	45.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Livingston
Drove alone	87.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Livingston
1-unit, detached	85.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Livingston
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1968