Bloomfield vs Whitewater

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield and Whitewater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitewater has the higher population (15,705 vs 4,815 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($92,438 vs $49,000 in Whitewater). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($213,300 vs $211,800 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
Population	4,815	15,705
Median age	39.6 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,438	$49,000
Median home value	$213,300	$211,800
Median gross rent	$1,170	$985
Housing units	2,078	5,924
Homeownership rate	86.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
Population	4,708 → 4,815 (+2.3%)	14,722 → 15,705 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$67,697 → $92,438 (+36.5%)	$36,176 → $49,000 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $213,300 (+26.4%)	$168,700 → $211,800 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,170 (+4.5%)	$774 → $985 (+27.3%)

Bloomfield

Population

4,7084,815

Median household income

$67,697$92,438

Median home value

$168,800$213,300

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,170

Whitewater

Population

14,72215,705

Median household income

$36,176$49,000

Median home value

$168,700$211,800

Median gross rent

$774$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	49.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	5.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	5.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	6.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	3.9%
75 and over	1.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
Drove alone	84.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	14.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	94.6%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Whitewater
Poverty rate	6.9%	29.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1969	1981