Capt. Oliver Filley House · Photo: Sphilbrick · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Bloomfield has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 19,646 people come in to work
Employers in Bloomfield report 20,845 jobs, and 10,242 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Bloomfield A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in ten work in Bloomfield; the top destination outside it is Hartford (21%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bloomfield apart
Bloomfield is where the jobs are
Bloomfield has 20,845 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 33,000 people are in town, 48% more than the 22,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Bloomfield works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Bloomfield: Hartford (21%), Windsor (7%) and West Hartford (5%). Next door ↓
Most jobs in Bloomfield pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Bloomfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Most Bloomfield residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Bloomfield’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomfield is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #62 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomfield could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Bloomfield by day and by night
On a workday 9,043 residents head out to work and 1,199 work right here.
About 33,000 people are in Bloomfield on a workday afternoon, 48% more 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.
76% of the jobs in Bloomfield pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 18,010 → 20,845. 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.
How far it is to work from Bloomfield
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.
The towns that send workers to Bloomfield
Where Bloomfield clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
From Bloomfield, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,829 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bloomfield is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,797 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 31% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 9.1% of Bloomfield households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bloomfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloomfield is 440th of 1,658 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000 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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| 36 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Morton Grove IL | 24,582 | $111K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 439 | Davidson NC | 16,662 | $167K | 7.0% | 4.1% | 13% | A− |
| 440 | Bloomfield CT | 22,267 | $99K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 12% | A− |
| 441 | Readington Township NJ | 16,406 | $158K | 3.3% | 5.9% | 8% | A− |
| 442 | Montgomery IL | 21,978 | $104K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Bloomfield, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Bloomfield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | – | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,725 |
| East Granby | under 2% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $120,938 |
| Simsbury | 2% | A | B+ | 26 min | $157,907 |
| Windsor | 7% | A− | A− | 21 min | $104,725 |
| West Hartford | 5% | A | A | 22 min | $129,890 |
| Hartford | 21% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $46,411 |
| Avon | under 2% | A | B+ | 25 min | $154,058 |
| Tariffville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tariffville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hartford. Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield’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 Bloomfield: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield?
$98,725 (±$13,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield?
5.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (21%, 6 mi), Windsor (7%, 4 mi), West Hartford (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomfield walkable?
Bloomfield is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 31% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.