What is now Bloomfield Hills was a farming area until the turn of the 20th century when wealthy Detroit residents bought up the land.

The settlement became a village in 1927, and in 1932 residents voted to become a city to avoid being incorporated into growing Birmingham.

In popular culture, Bloomfield Hills was the setting for the 2005 film The Upside of Anger.

Some scenes in Out of Sight with Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney were filmed at a private residence in Bloomfield Hills.

(In the novel by Elmore Leonard on which the film is based, the most prominent street in Bloomfield Hills is described as “Vaughan Road, nothing but money.”[7]) Jimmy Hoffa was last seen at the former Machus Red Fox restaurant in adjacent Bloomfield Township.

The novel Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake is set in a private school in Bloomfield.

The area is the home of landmark churches including Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian on Long Lake Rd (Bloomfield Township) and Christ Church Cranbrook Episcopal, consecrated in 1928 as part of George Booth's plan for the Cranbrook Educational Community.

St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church was built from 1931 to 1936, with approval from Bishop Michael J. Gallagher, and was designed by Arthur DesRossiers.

[12][13] Home of O2 Investment Partners, Straightaway Tire and Auto, Acme Group, consisting of , Acme Mills, Great Lakes Filters, and Fairway Products, is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills.

[14] Other companies headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI include Taubman Centers, TriMas Corp., Larson Realty Group, Princeton Enterprises, TIP Capital, Bloomfield Hills Bancorp, Reverie, BlackEagle Partners, Gregory J. Schwartz & Co., Inc., Alidade Capital, and Penske Automotive Group.

[15] As of the 2005–2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates,[23] there were 3,774 people, 1,570 households, and about 1,382 families living in the city.

A southern portion of Bloomfield Hills resides in the Birmingham City School District.