At 6.2%, unemployment in Bloomfield Township is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Bloomfield Township are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Bloomfield Township; the top destination outside it is Lagrange (16%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bloomfield Township and work: the main findings
What’s behind Bloomfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomfield Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #492 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Bloomfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomfield Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Bloomfield Township
2,728 jobs are based in Bloomfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,421 → 2,728. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Bloomfield Township on a workday
On a workday 1,799 residents head out to work, 431 work right here, and 2,297 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Bloomfield Township’s residents
Where Bloomfield Township clocks in
16% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Bloomfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,300 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bloomfield Township
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.
In Bloomfield Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomfield Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #220 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Bloomfield Township 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 2,463 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.2% of Bloomfield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloomfield Township places 2,677th of 3,432 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,675 | Palacios TX | 4,370 | $53K | 19.2% | 1.3% | 11% | C |
| 2,676 | Marlow OK | 4,514 | $57K | 21.8% | 3.0% | 14% | C |
| 2,677 | Bloomfield Township IN | 5,883 | $62K | 13.6% | 6.2% | 19% | C |
| 2,678 | Chickasaw AL | 6,166 | $47K | 28.0% | 4.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,679 | Williams CA | 5,529 | $91K | 9.3% | 17.2% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Bloomfield Township
The biggest share goes to Clay Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Township | – | C | B− | 22 min | $62,315 |
| Johnson Township | under 4% | B+ | D | 28 min | $83,795 |
| Springfield Township | under 4% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $61,734 |
| Clay Township | 4% | A | A− | 16 min | $100,648 |
| Lima Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 20 min | $74,083 |
| Greenfield Township | under 4% | B− | D− | 21 min | $64,911 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield Township?
$62,315 (±$8,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield Township?
13.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lagrange (16%, 3 mi), Fort Wayne (6%, 41 mi), Elkhart (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomfield Township walkable?
Bloomfield Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield 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.