It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bloomfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bloomfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bloomfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bloomfield may be for you.
Bloomfield is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Bloomfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.25% of adults in Bloomfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bloomfield in 2022 was $23,513, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,052 for a family of four. However, Bloomfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bloomfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bloomfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bloomfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.48% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bloomfield include German, Irish, English, Danish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Bloomfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Navajo.
