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Housing in Bloomfield

A typical Bloomfield home is worth roughly $1,295,000

Home prices around Bloomfield have risen about 30% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$1.29M
▲ 2.1% in a year · CA $764K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$2,990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$8,438
CA $5,124

What kind of housing town is Bloomfield?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bloomfield

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You could afford about
$397,000
Typical Bloomfield home $1.29M

That’s $898K short of a typical Bloomfield home.

The typical home, each month
$7,540
Loan $6,410Tax $750Insurance $380

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,990 a month here, $4,550 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the California typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

87% of Bloomfield households own their home

Half of Bloomfield’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

California: 56% own.

1938
typical home built · CA 1976
$8,438
median property tax bill · CA $5,124

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Price trend

Home prices up 30% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bloomfield rose 30% over the past 5 years, slower than across California (40%). Last year prices rose 2.1%.

Bloomfield areaCalifornia
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+2.1%
past year
+30%
past 5 years
+66%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bloomfield, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,050
1 bedroom$2,510
2 bedrooms$2,990
3 bedrooms$4,010
4 bedrooms$4,280
13%
of households rent · CA 44%
20
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Francisco, CA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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