Bloomer, Wisconsin.
Typical home $298,337 (+5.7% in a year). Eau Claire, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$890 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,194 +6%
- $282,143$298,337 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,269 +29%
- $231,068$298,337 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bloomer$1,566
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Bloomer, WI rose 5.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Bloomer is a city of 3,683 people in Chippewa County. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Chippewa County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bloomer is a small city in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, where most homes are lived in by their owners and relatively few households live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical across the country, and the drive to work is fairly short, with only a small number of people working from home. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are pleasantly warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing and the building trades also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Bloomer are the Bloomer School District, Charter Next Generation, which makes film and packaging, and the critical access hospital MCHS-Chippewa Valley. Across Chippewa County, jobs grew over the past year, and unemployment is a little higher than a year ago.
Things to do. The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, a protected area shaped by glaciers, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Lake Wissota State Park, a protected area beside the Lake Wissota reservoir, and to Irvine Park, a park with room to stroll. The Yellow River, also a longer drive, is another spot for time on the water.
Report a mistake
- 1,524households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chippewa County had 27,224 jobs in 2025, 2.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 21° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 60°. About 42 inches of snow and 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bloomer weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bloomer
- Bloomer School DistrictSchool district154FTE
- Charter Next Generation, Inc - BloomerFilm, plastics, packaging, manufacturing145
- Mchs-chippewa ValleyCritical access hospital140FTE
- Bloomer Rehabilitation and Nursing Center / Dove Healthcare - BloomerSkilled nursing facilities124
- Synergy Senior CareSkilled nursing facilities56
- Glass InsulatorsFlat glass manufacturing28
- Bloomer Assisted Living, LLC / Dove Healthcare - Bloomer Assisted LivingRest homes without nursing care21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 540 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Chippewa County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Chippewa County and the Eau Claire, WI metro.
Bloomer home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bloomer$298,337
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Bloomer listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bloomer28.66%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bloomer21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bloomer8
Zip codes with a Bloomer address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bloomer — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.