Living in Bloomfield, PA
Bloomfield is a small town of 1,090 people in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It's about 19 miles from Harrisburg, PA and 83 miles from Baltimore, MD, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $227k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,090people
$227kTypical home
$1,049/moRent
84° / 37°Summer / winter
26"Snow
203Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,090
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,784 people per sq mi
- 83 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 19 mi to Harrisburg, PA
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $227k (≈$1,434/mo)
- Median rent $1,049/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (60 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 52 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (83 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (399 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 28% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to MDT airport
- 90 mi to BWI (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1943
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 676 ft
- 82 mi to the ocean
- 137 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 380 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 30 bars within 25 mi
- 78 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 41% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Perry County: R+49 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk