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Bloomington, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the south of Bloomington and has a population of 198,682 people.<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It lies immediately southwest of Bloomington and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Altoona   S28 mi [45.06 km]13,85433.92% increase
 Ankeny   S22 mi [35.41 km]42,28755.94% increase
 Boone   W14 mi [22.53 km]12,6141.48% decrease
 Clive   S32 mi [51.5 km]15,23418.51% increase
 Fort Dodge   NW43 mi [69.2 km]25,1800.18% increase
 Grinnell   SE49 mi [78.9 km]9,1670.68% increase
 Indianola   S48 mi [77.2 km]14,36110.49% increase
 Johnston   S26 mi [41.84 km]15,69181.42% increase
 Marshalltown   E34 mi [54.7 km]25,8500.61% decrease
 Newton   SE37 mi [59.5 km]15,0423.45% decrease
 Norwalk   S39 mi [62.8 km]8,82128.14% increase
 Perry   SW30 mi [48.28 km]9,56925.36% increase
 Urbandale   S30 mi [48.28 km]38,36931.98% increase
 Webster City   NW30 mi [48.28 km]7,7205.58% decrease
 West Des Moines   S35 mi [56.3 km]55,42619.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cambridge   S11 mi [17.7 km]8091.22% decrease
 Colo   E14 mi [22.53 km]8760.92% increase
 Gilbert   NW4 mi [6.44 km]1,0506.38% increase
 Huxley   S11 mi [17.7 km]2,83022.19% increase
 Jordan   W10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Kelley   SW8 mi [12.87 km]34013.33% increase
 Luther   SW13 mi [20.92 km]1467.59% decrease
 McCallsburg   NE12 mi [19.31 km]3365.66% increase
 Nevada   E7 mi [11.27 km]6,6880.45% increase
 Ontario   W5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Randall   N12 mi [19.31 km]1424.05% decrease
 Roland   NE8 mi [12.87 km]1,3170.53% decrease
 Sheldahl   SW14 mi [22.53 km]3195.06% decrease
 Slater   S13 mi [20.92 km]1,3886.28% increase
 Story City   N9 mi [14.48 km]3,3894.99% increase

Story County

Bloomington is located in Story County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Story: Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall and Polk.

While not sharing a border with Story, the counties of Dallas and Webster are close to Bloomington.

Below are counties that are near Bloomington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bloomington:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Bloomington
 Boone County   SWNapier8 miles [12 km]
 Dallas County   SWXenia20 miles [32 km]
 Franklin County   NOakland36 miles [57 km]
 Greene County   WRippey32 miles [51 km]
 Grundy County   EConrad38 miles [61 km]
 Guthrie County   WJamaica39 miles [62 km]
 Hamilton County   NRandall12 miles [19 km]
 Hardin County   NEGarden City16 miles [25 km]
 Jasper County   SEClyde22 miles [35 km]
 Marshall County   NEIllinois Grove20 miles [32 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bloomington. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Bloomington.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bloomington and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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