Most of Bloomingdale commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
3,676 jobs are based in Bloomingdale for 11,149 working residents. Bloomingdale grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Bloomingdale is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bloomingdale in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Bloomingdale
62% of Bloomingdale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Bloomingdale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
28% of Bloomingdale works in Tampa
3,098 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Tampa, 15 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Bloomingdale itself. The commute map ↓
Bloomingdale empties out on a workday
About 16,000 people are in Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 24,000 who live here: 11,000 head out to work and 3,300 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Bloomingdale’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomingdale is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #120 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($104,547, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomingdale could be anywhere from B to A.
The kinds of work in Bloomingdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2013 → 2023: 2,765 → 3,676. 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 Bloomingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
28% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Bloomingdale clocks in
28% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Bloomingdale on a workday
On a workday 10,779 residents head out to work, 370 work right here, and 3,306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Getting to work from Bloomingdale takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomingdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,919 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% 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 Bloomingdale
About 17% 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.
For most of Bloomingdale, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomingdale is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #403 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Bloomingdale near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,445 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 3.0% of Bloomingdale households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bloomingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bloomingdale is 615th of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 613 | West Whittier-Los Nietos CA | 25,615 | $112K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 2% | A− |
| 614 | Lansdale PA | 18,986 | $88K | 11.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A− |
| 615 | Bloomingdale FL | 23,827 | $105K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A− |
| 616 | Tinton Falls NJ | 19,539 | $117K | 6.7% | 5.8% | 8% | A− |
| 617 | Windsor CT | 29,879 | $105K | 6.7% | 5.5% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | 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 Bloomingdale, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Bloomingdale
The biggest share goes to Riverview (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomingdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | – | A− | B | 31 min | $104,547 |
| Fish Hawk | under 2% | B+ | B− | 39 min | $135,271 |
| Riverview | 3% | B+ | B− | 35 min | $100,438 |
| Valrico | under 2% | A− | C | 32 min | $104,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomingdale’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 Bloomingdale: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomingdale?
$104,547 (±$7,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomingdale?
8.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomingdale?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomingdale work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (28%, 14 mi), Brandon (8%, 5 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomingdale walkable?
Bloomingdale is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomingdale without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomingdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomingdale
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.