
Kentucky · Census place 07516
Bloomfield, KY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Bloomfield, Kentucky (Bloomfield, KY — Census place “Bloomfield city”) is 1,053 residents, ranking #239 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $52,679, the median home is worth $180,000 and median gross rent runs $1,021 a month. Looking for the Bloomfield Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bloomfield, KY: 40008.
- Population
- 1,053Bloomfield city residents
- Median household income
- $52,679Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $180,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,021Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 50.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 84%Owner-occupied households
Bloomfield ZIP codes (Kentucky)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bloomfield.
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What the numbers mean in Bloomfield city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Bloomfield city median would spend about 23.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 84% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Bloomfield city, KY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bloomfield city is a small town in Kentucky, with 1,053 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #239 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 50.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Bloomfield city earn a median of $52,679 a year, 32.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bloomfield city is valued at $180,000, 40.7% below the national figure and 15% above the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,021 a month, 27.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,252 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 84% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 50.4 puts Bloomfield city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bloomfield city?
- Bloomfield city has 1,053 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #239 of 554 in Kentucky.
- What is the median household income in Bloomfield city?
- Median household income in Bloomfield city is $52,679 a year, 32.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bloomfield city?
- Median gross rent is $1,021 a month and the median home value is $180,000, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
- Is Bloomfield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bloomfield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Bloomfield city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.