Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Bloomington for about half of Bloomington Township’s working residents
Measured by household income, Bloomington Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Bloomington Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−). 23% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bloomington Township
Fewer jobs are based in Bloomington Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bloomington Township fell from 1,208 in 2013 to 479 in 2023, −60%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Bloomington Township works in Bloomington
548 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Bloomington, 3.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 23 times as many as work in Bloomington Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bloomington Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Bloomington Township residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
Jobs & income in Bloomington Township: the grade in detail
Household income is its strongest input ($111,563, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomington Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
66% of the jobs in Bloomington Township pay over $3,333 a month
479 jobs are based in Bloomington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomington Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,208 → 479. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Bloomington Township: the destinations
Where Bloomington Township clocks in
46% of workers
19% 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.
Time on the road from Bloomington Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 995 commuters (the 23% 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.
How far Bloomington Township goes to work
About 18% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Bloomington Township
On a workday 1,168 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Bloomington Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.40 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 2023, primary jobs.
Driving is how Bloomington Township gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,289 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 1.7% of Bloomington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Bloomington Township ranks 386th of 5,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Bayview CA | 2,751 | $163K | 9.0% | 9.1% | <1% | A |
| 385 | North Catasauqua PA | 3,229 | $77K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| 386 | Bloomington Township IL | 2,629 | $112K | 5.7% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| 387 | Union Township IN | 3,057 | $109K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 388 | Richland Township KS | 2,620 | $119K | 1.7% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bloomington Township and its neighbors: 46% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Township | – | A | C− | 17 min | $111,563 |
| Bloomington | 46% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Bloomington City Township | under 1% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Dale Township | under 1% | A | D− | 24 min | $132,803 |
| Randolph Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $110,439 |
| Old Town Township | under 1% | A− | C− | 26 min | $148,516 |
| Downs Township | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Downs Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomington. Darker towns draw more of Bloomington Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomington Township?
$111,563 (±$58,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomington Township?
5.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomington Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomington Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Bloomington Township walkable?
Bloomington Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomington Township
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.