A typical Bloomingdale home is worth roughly $118,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Bloomingdale?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.8 years of income
Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Bloomingdale home, with $132K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $320 more than owning.
How Bloomingdale ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bloomingdale’s typical property tax (1.13% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Bloomingdale in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bloomingdale gained 59 residents while 2 new homes were permitted: about 30 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Michigan: 1.2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $78,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $245,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $173,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bloomingdale's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
How Bloomingdale ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
69% of Bloomingdale households own their home
Half of Bloomingdale’s homes were built before 1938.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
Renters already here pay a median of $929, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Allegan County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bloomingdale 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.