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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-BLOOMINGDALE-FL · Bloomingdale, FL 23,979 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bloomingdale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bloomingdale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bayonet Point · lowest
42,157
Bayonet Point · lowest
42,157 median HH income
16.9% of the leader · rank #1
Island Heights · near
107,308
Island Heights · near
107,308 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #2
Fairview · near
107,308
Fairview · near
107,308 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #3
Bloomingdale · this city
107,313
Bloomingdale · this city
107,313 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #4
Gordon Heights · near
107,317
Gordon Heights · near
107,317 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #5
Bogota · near
107,321
Bogota · near
107,321 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #6
Brambleton · highest
250,001
Brambleton · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bloomingdale on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 23,979.
Nationally, Bloomingdale sits in the 82nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
82nd
percentile, household income
75th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bloomingdale, FL
23,979 people live in Bloomingdale, Florida - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Bloomingdale report a median income of $107,313 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.0%. Typical homes in Bloomingdale are valued around $377,000, and the median resident age is 42.1 years. Educational attainment runs 42.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bloomingdale's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bloomingdale, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bloomingdale?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Coral Terrace (24,051 residents, $77,396 income); Wekiwa Springs (24,109 residents, $113,067 income); Bayonet Point (23,787 residents, $42,157 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rolling Meadows, IL (23,981 residents); Elmwood Park, IL (23,982 residents); South Elgin, IL (23,984 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Bloomingdale?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Bloomingdale?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C+
City profile score · Bloomingdale, FL
62/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$107,313
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
5.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bloomingdale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,313
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.1%
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.0%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Bloomingdale compare to other US cities?
Where Bloomingdale sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value75% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bloomingdale against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bloomingdale near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bloomingdale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bloomingdale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#117 of 903
87th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#267 of 894
70th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#621 of 930
32nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#218 of 930
77th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bloomingdale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$377,00025th percentilemore affordable than 25% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bloomingdale's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,014 of 15,516
More affordable than 42% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,501 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.5×, Bloomingdale sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,014 of 15,516 and #1,501 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$107,313Bloomingdale, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bloomingdale, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bloomingdale, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,979
Median Income
$107,313
Median Home Value
$377,000
Median Age
42.1
Poverty Rate
5.0%
Labor force participation
58.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.4%
Carpool
3.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
23.0%
Other
0.7%
Based on 11,400 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bloomingdale. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bloomingdale is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bloomingdale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bloomingdale compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.