Bloomingdale School-Village Hall · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Bloomingdale earn more than those in 79% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.5% of residents, next to 11.8% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Bloomingdale A; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bloomingdale: the figures worth knowing
Bloomingdale draws workers from far and wide
The 13,558 jobs in Bloomingdale are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 34%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Bloomingdale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bloomingdale is Chicago, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,551) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bloomingdale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomingdale is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #170 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Bloomingdale’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomingdale could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
14% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Bloomingdale clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
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.
Half of Bloomingdale commutes less than 10 miles
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.
The daily flow of workers through Bloomingdale
On a workday 10,318 residents head out to work, 609 work right here, and 12,949 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Bloomingdale: 13,558 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2014 → 2024: 14,731 → 13,558. 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Bloomingdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomingdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,918 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Bloomingdale, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomingdale is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #238 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,978 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 19% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 5.6% of Bloomingdale households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bloomingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
405th of 1,658: where Bloomingdale ranks among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Howard WI | 22,233 | $85K | 5.1% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| 404 | Homewood AL | 28,118 | $94K | 8.9% | 2.3% | 16% | A |
| 405 | Bloomingdale IL | 22,476 | $103K | 5.5% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| 406 | Covington WA | 21,496 | $135K | 5.0% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| 407 | Fenton Township MI | 17,408 | $112K | 5.1% | 3.4% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Illinois.
Next door to Bloomingdale
The biggest share goes to Addison (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomingdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | – | A | A− | 27 min | $102,928 |
| Roselle | 2% | A− | A− | 27 min | $111,318 |
| Glendale Heights | under 2% | B | A− | 27 min | $86,545 |
| Addison | 3% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $90,431 |
| Carol Stream | 3% | A | A− | 28 min | $102,309 |
| Hanover Park | under 2% | B+ | A− | 29 min | $91,763 |
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 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?
$102,928 (±$6,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomingdale?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomingdale?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomingdale work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 22 mi), Schaumburg (5%, 5 mi), Elk Grove Village (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bloomingdale walkable?
Bloomingdale is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomingdale without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 8% 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.