About Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 19,931 people and just one neighborhood, Bloomingdale is the 140th largest community in Florida.

Bloomingdale is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.48% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bloomingdale is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomingdale who work in sales jobs (16.26%), office and administrative support jobs (16.06%), and management occupations (14.58%).

Also of interest is that Bloomingdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Bloomingdale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Bloomingdale is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bloomingdale really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bloomingdale perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Bloomingdale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.65 minutes every day commuting to work.

Bloomingdale is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 97.4% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Bloomingdale.

As is often the case in a small town, Bloomingdale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Bloomingdale Information and Demographics

The population of Bloomingdale is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.17% of adults in Bloomingdale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bloomingdale in 2000 was $26,552, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,208 for a family of four. However, Bloomingdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bloomingdale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bloomingdale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bloomingdale is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomingdale include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Bloomingdale is English. Some people also speak Spanish.