A typical Bloomington home is worth roughly $377,000
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Bloomington?
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93% of Bloomington households own their home
Half of Bloomington’s homes were built before 1966.
Idaho: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Bloomington
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That’s $55K short of a typical Bloomington home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $1,160 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Idaho typical property tax (0.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bear Lake County, ID): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Bloomington in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Bloomington has permitted 16 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bloomington's population fell by 7 even though 7 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 33% of Bloomington's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across Idaho: 2.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $900,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $900,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $764,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $615,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $594,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $283,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $292,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $292,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $800,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $700,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $270,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bloomington buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.