Bloomington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 78,864 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Bloomington is the 13th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Bloomington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Bloomington, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Bloomington is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Bloomington a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.33 minutes getting to work every day.

The education level of Bloomington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Bloomington, 46.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Bloomington in 2022 was $42,286, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,144 for a family of four. However, Bloomington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bloomington is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bloomington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomington include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Bloomington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.