Best PlacesBloomer, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bloomer ranks 11,375th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bloomer
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bloomer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomer ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Bloomer ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 31% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 38% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomer
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,233, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bloomer's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bloomer
Bloomer's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bloomer.
Who works in Bloomer, and how
Work in Bloomer centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bloomer
Bloomer has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bloomer and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bloomer, month by month
Bloomer sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Bloomer
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bloomer
Schools across Bloomer average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jim Falls ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- New Auburn ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Colfax ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chippewa Falls MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Bloomer MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- New Auburn MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Colfax HighC · 33% proficient
- Bloomer HighC− · 30% proficient
- New Auburn HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomer measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bloomer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bloomer
Is Bloomer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomer ranks 11,375th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bloomer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,172. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $74,233 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Bloomer safe?
Yes, Bloomer is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Bloomer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomer represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bloomer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomer detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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