Bloomington, Idaho

Population

Growing. Up 7.1% since 2020.

212

people, the 168th-largest of Idaho's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Idaho's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

100.0%

of 34 jobs located in Bloomington are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $599 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bear Lake County.

• $532 Tract 9501
• $1,131 Tract 9502

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

70% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 13 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 70% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 10% less than Idaho's.

$377,300

median home value in Bloomington.

• $377,300 Bloomington
• $418,600 Idaho
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year