At 0.7%, unemployment in Bloomingdale is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Bloomingdale are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Bloomingdale itself; outside it, Savannah draws the most (29%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bloomingdale apart on work
A lot of Bloomingdale works one town over
43% of working residents work in a town that borders Bloomingdale: Savannah (29%) and Pooler (14%). Next door ↓
Bloomingdale makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Bloomingdale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bloomingdale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bloomingdale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomingdale is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #69 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Bloomingdale’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($60,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomingdale could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
43% of the jobs in Bloomingdale make or build things
668 jobs are based in Bloomingdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2014 → 2024: 287 → 668. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,199 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 625 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.54 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Bloomingdale work
Where Bloomingdale clocks in
3% 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.
The daily trip from Bloomingdale: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomingdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,247 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Miles to work from Bloomingdale
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Bloomingdale walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomingdale is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #221 of 263 in Georgia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,517 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.0% of Bloomingdale households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,614th of 4,562: where Bloomingdale ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,612 | Sherman Township MI | 3,462 | $83K | 5.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,613 | Sandy Township OH | 2,941 | $59K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,614 | Bloomingdale GA | 3,077 | $60K | 9.5% | 0.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,615 | Wintersville OH | 3,660 | $77K | 8.1% | 2.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,616 | Emma Township KS | 4,017 | $75K | 7.0% | 3.7% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Georgia.
43% of Bloomingdale works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomingdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | – | B | C | 28 min | $60,250 |
| Pooler | 14% | B | C+ | 24 min | $91,766 |
| Savannah | 29% | C | A | 21 min | $57,137 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Savannah. 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 2024, 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?
$60,250 (±$12,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomingdale?
9.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomingdale?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomingdale work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (29%, 10 mi), Pooler (14%, 3 mi), Garden City (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bloomingdale walkable?
Bloomingdale is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomingdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2024, 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.