Bloomington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 3,736 jobs in Bloomington for 9,252 working residents. The two grades for Bloomington are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bloomington apart on work
Bloomington has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bloomington went from 2,586 in 2013 to 3,736 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Bloomington are in trade, transport and utilities, against 32% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Bloomington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomington is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #507 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Bloomington’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomington could be anywhere from C+ to B.
65% of the jobs in Bloomington pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomington, 2013 → 2023: 2,586 → 3,736. 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 Bloomington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Bloomington for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,049 residents head out to work, 203 work right here, and 3,533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Bloomington on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in San Bernardino
Where Bloomington clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Bloomington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomington workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,511 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Bloomington commutes less than 11 miles
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.
In Bloomington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomington is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #563 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,350 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Bloomington households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bloomington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloomington is 1,080th of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 38 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,078 | Batavia Township OH | 28,855 | $78K | 12.7% | 4.9% | 8% | B− |
| 1,079 | Whitehall Township PA | 29,405 | $76K | 10.6% | 7.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,080 | Bloomington CA | 25,698 | $82K | 15.6% | 6.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,081 | Sanford ME | 22,663 | $73K | 10.3% | 3.7% | 22% | B− |
| 1,082 | Wood River Township IL | 29,456 | $62K | 14.2% | 3.9% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bloomington, the top three, the last and three more from California.
16% of Bloomington works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | – | B− | B+ | 32 min | $81,640 |
| Rialto | 6% | B− | A− | 32 min | $88,857 |
| Fontana | 7% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $102,821 |
| Jurupa Valley | 3% | B+ | B+ | 32 min | $97,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fontana. Darker towns draw more of Bloomington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bloomington: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomington?
$81,640 (±$4,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomington?
15.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomington?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (8%, 8 mi), Ontario (7%, 12 mi), Fontana (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomington walkable?
Bloomington is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomington
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.