Borough · Perry County, Pennsylvania

Bloomfield, Pennsylvania

Bloomfield is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area. It has 1,090 residents. Bloomfield, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,667 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #811 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), dentists (low) and mental health providers (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,667 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #811 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,090 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,785.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4207040

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 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.

Safety55#7,041/15,637
Economy50#7,782/15,631
Housing65#5,202/14,977
Health35#10,164/15,609
Healthcare22#12,200/15,650
Environment18#12,644/15,453
Education57#6,742/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,807/15,650
Community79#3,261/15,651
Leisure & amenities28#11,210/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bloomfield, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Perry 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

Public transit commuters · high6.7%
95/100Pennsylvania 3.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.329
94/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · high3.0%
94/100Pennsylvania -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPerry County value
Social associations · high15.8 /10k
93/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPerry County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPerry County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$842
2/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPerry County value
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Mental health providers · low47 /100k
5/100Pennsylvania 308 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Firearm deaths · high23.9 /100k
8/100Pennsylvania 11.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPerry County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.4 /10k
8/100Pennsylvania 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPerry County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,443 (2015-2019) → 1,090 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.1% (2015-2019) → 93.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
11.1% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
84.8% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$53,936 (2015-2019) → $73,542 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
22.7% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Pennsylvania improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 6 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.

Improved4

Inequality−0.1400.469 → 0.329
High school++7.7 points84.8% → 92.5%
Broadband+15 points78.1% → 93.3%
Household income+36%$53,936 → $73,542

Declined1

Bachelor's+−7.2 points22.7% → 15.5%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Bloomfield, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.5 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Declined	4%
Broadband subscriptions	78.1%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	84.8%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	91%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.3292020-2024	−0.140	Improved	98%
Median household income	$53,9362015-2019	$73,5422020-2024	+36%	Improved	68%
Poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent as share of income	26.9%2015-2019	25.2%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.9%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“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, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bloomfield, Pennsylvania 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, Pennsylvania itself moved +14.3 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,090 residents (±183)

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

375 households (±65)

Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k8.0%†30
$25k–50k16%†61
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

375 households (±65)

Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own73%274
Rent27%†101

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

464 workers (±111)

Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone76%354
Carpool6.9%†32
Public transit6.7%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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 Perry County, the county holding most of Bloomfield's residents.

Perry County has 789 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Pennsylvania's), with 6,058 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,487. The Census Bureau also counts 3,304 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 789; 3,304 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 6,058
Average annual pay: $34,487; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	87	18.8	1.21×About typical	450	$54,224	389
Construction of buildings	62	13.4	1.77×More than typical	266	$47,771	160
Religious organizations	56	12.1	2.18×More than typical	177	$16,316	—
Restaurants and other eating places	47	10.1	0.55×Fewer than typical	406	$17,601	17
Ambulatory health care services	42	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	409	$52,711	74
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.8	0.86×About typical	92	$32,109	209
Building equipment contractors	26	5.6	0.93×About typical	128	$52,984	58
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	24	5.2	1.64×More than typical	144	$52,660	78
Automotive repair and maintenance	23	5	0.99×About typical	107	$42,935	84
Full-service restaurants	23	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	188	$19,165	—
Truck transportation	23	5	0.98×About typical	82	$55,963	103
Limited-service restaurants	19	4.1	0.51×Fewer than typical	178	$17,607	11

Rank places for an industry Open Perry County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,310 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 Perry County.

See federal money in Perry 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, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John JoyceR-PA-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.1%

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.

Perry County55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA84

Other cities and towns in Perry 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
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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