Bloomington vs Potosi

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

Bloomington and Potosi 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 616 in Potosi). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($70,192 vs $70,000 in Potosi). Potosi has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $139,400 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Potosi
Population	716	616
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,192	$70,000
Median home value	$139,400	$183,200
Median gross rent	$633	$719
Housing units	298	289
Homeownership rate	84.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Potosi
Population	735 → 716 (-2.6%)	698 → 616 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $70,192 (+39.5%)	$55,208 → $70,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $139,400 (+54.9%)	$143,800 → $183,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $633 (+19.0%)	$518 → $719 (+38.8%)

Bloomington

Population

735716

Median household income

$50,313$70,192

Median home value

$90,000$139,400

Median gross rent

$532$633

Potosi

Population

698616

Median household income

$55,208$70,000

Median home value

$143,800$183,200

Median gross rent

$518$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Potosi
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.3%
75 and over	8.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Potosi
No high school diploma	0.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	45.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Potosi
Drove alone	87.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Potosi
1-unit, detached	85.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Potosi
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1961	1968