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For most people who can afford it, yes. Bloomingdale grades B overall, 230th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $128K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $564K, 5.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Bloomingdale’s trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4). On hazard risk, just 27 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Bloomingdale is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Bloomingdale beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Bloomingdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Bloomingdale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,193 in 1920, 7,777 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bloomingdale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw32 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw26 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomingdale, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bloomingdale.
Bloomingdale is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and trails Pompton Lakes and its other neighbors on schools.
In the comparison, Bloomingdale comes near the New Jersey town median (11%) and above the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 20 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bogue Pond Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 6 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C+, Pompton Lakes highest at B+.
Its public schools are run by the Bloomingdale School District. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter T. Bergen Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 238 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
Bloomingdale’s property crime rate is 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Bloomingdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $472 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 68 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 14 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in Bloomingdale is 87 of 100. Since 1979, 68 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bloomingdale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 67% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 4,810 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bloomingdale’s, it is less healthy than 61%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bloomingdale beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 75% of Bloomingdale adults had a checkup this year.
| Bloomingdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bloomingdale | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bloomingdale has 1,083 jobs for its 4,112 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bloomingdale for work: only 3% work in town. 12% of residents live below the poverty line in Bloomingdale. The top destinations are New York (6%), Wayne Township (4%) and Paterson (3%).
| Bloomingdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bloomingdale has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Bloomingdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Bloomingdale | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.4% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.2% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.8% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Typical home values rose 5.4% in the year to September 2026.
| Bloomingdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,753 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 within 15 miles of the center of Bloomingdale
About 7 of every 100 Bloomingdale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 notable people were born in Bloomingdale.
Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
Bloomingdale is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,777, an increase of 121 (+1.6%) from the 2010 census count of 7,656, which in turn reflected an increase of 46 (+0.6%) from the 7,610 counted in the 2000 census. Bloomingdale is home to four membership lake communities including Glen Wild Lake, Lake Iosco, Kampfe Lake, and Morse Lakes; a suburban neighborhood featuring an upper and lower lake.
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7 towns share a border with Bloomingdale.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | #230 | B | D | A | C+ | A− |
| Butler | #110 | A | C− | A− | B | A |
| Wanaque | #133 | A− | D | A+ | B+ | A− |
| Riverdale | #265 | B− | D | C | B+ | A |
| West Milford Township | #164 | A− | C− | A | B− | A |
| Macopin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ringwood | #127 | A | C− | A+ | B− | A |
| Pompton Lakes | #129 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
Macopin isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bloomingdale with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bloomingdale grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #230 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health, A for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
3 notable people were born here, including Scott A. Spellmon and Michael DuHaime.
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