City · Davis County, Iowa

Bloomfield, Iowa

Bloomfield is a city in Davis County, Iowa. It has 2,742 residents. Bloomfield, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,305 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #263 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,305 of 15,651 cities and towns
Iowa: #263 of 281 in IA
Population: 2,742 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,205.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1907030

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety85#2,319/15,637
Economy44#8,807/15,631
Housing90#1,565/14,977
Health46#8,460/15,609
Healthcare53#7,405/15,650
Environment67#5,119/15,453
Education68#4,942/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,551/15,650
Community35#10,103/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,455/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bloomfield, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Davis County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low212 /100k
99/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDavis County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDavis County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,428 /100k
97/100Iowa 2,368 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value
Rent as share of income · low23.7%
97/100Iowa 27.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low29.0%
97/100Iowa 43.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low96 min
97/100Iowa 128 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDavis County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low22 /100k
1/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.1 /10k
3/100Iowa 4.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDavis County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDavis County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDavis County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.0%
5/100Iowa 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Iowa 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
21.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.2% (2015-2019) → 82.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
16.4 min (2015-2019) → 22.5 min (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.5% (2015-2019) → 29.0% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
10.0% (2015-2019) → 3.7% (2020-2024)
−6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
12.9% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bloomfield, Iowa improved on 5 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Property tax−0.6 points1.99% → 1.38%
Inequality−0.0860.442 → 0.356
Poverty−6 points12.9% → 6.9%
Broadband+12 points70.2% → 82.0%
Household income+27%$47,738 → $60,769

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Bloomfield, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.4 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	+6.2 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	70.2%2015-2019	82.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	94.7%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.3562020-2024	−0.086	Improved	94%
Median household income	$47,7382015-2019	$60,7692020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	12.9%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−6 points	Improved	84%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.2%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	35.5%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Within the margin of error	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bloomfield, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bloomfield, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bloomfield, Iowa itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,742 residents (±24)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,102 households (±110)

Bloomfield, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k15%†163
$25k–50k24%†267
$50k–75k20%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,102 households (±110)

Bloomfield, Iowa
Iowa share

Own68%751
Rent32%351

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,213 workers (±127)

Bloomfield, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone81%977
Carpool9.9%†120
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Davis County, the county holding most of Bloomfield's residents.

Davis County has 179 employer establishments, 195 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Iowa's), with 1,619 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,368. The Census Bureau also counts 788 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 179; 788 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 195; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 1,619
Average annual pay: $46,368; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Davis County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	17	18.6	1.20×About typical	58	$44,052	120
Truck transportation	12	13.1	2.59×More than typical	106	$57,689	47
Ambulatory health care services	9	9.8	0.47×Too few to compare	41	$106,732	17
Restaurants and other eating places	9	9.8	0.53×Too few to compare	88	$11,523	5
Offices of other health practitioners	7	7.6	1.26×Too few to compare	34	$123,441	7
Building equipment contractors	6	6.5	1.09×Too few to compare	19	$42,632	18
Construction of buildings	6	6.5	0.87×Too few to compare	20	$35,550	65
Religious organizations	6	6.5	1.18×Too few to compare	13	$18,462	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	5	5.5	1.73×Too few to compare	27	$40,741	23
Gasoline stations	5	5.5	1.68×Too few to compare	50	$20,620	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	5.5	1.24×Too few to compare	9	$36,889	7
Other specialty trade contractors	5	5.5	2.17×Too few to compare	9	$52,778	50

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,161 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bloomfield is mostly in Davis County.

See federal money in Davis County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bloomfield, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Zachary NunnR-IA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 4.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Davis County56100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Davis County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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