Photo: Stepheng3 · Public domainJobs and earnings in Bloomfield, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 47 minutes getting to work on average; California averages 29, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Bloomfield itself; outside it, Santa Rosa draws the most (16%, 11 miles). 86 jobs are based in Bloomfield, and 125 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bloomfield by day
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Bloomfield on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Bloomfield to work: where people go
Where Bloomfield clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Bloomfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 47 minutes each way for Bloomfield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 31% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Bloomfield
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bloomfield: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield?
$142,422 (±$140,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield?
3.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield?
47 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (16%, 11 mi), Sebastopol (8%, 5 mi), Petaluma (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bloomfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.