Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 9.2%, unemployment in Bloomfield is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Bloomfield are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. About one in seven work in Bloomfield; the top destination outside it is Bloomington (12%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bloomfield: the gist
How Bloomfield earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Bloomfield’s grade up (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomfield could be anywhere from D to B−.
Short hops and long hauls from Bloomfield
About 29% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Bloomfield
On a workday 693 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 725 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 (1.04 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.
Out of Bloomfield to work: where people go
Where Bloomfield clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bloomfield
859 jobs are based in Bloomfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 925 → 859. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bloomfield: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 935 commuters (the 5% 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.
Driving is how Bloomfield gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomfield is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bloomfield 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 983 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). 16.1% of Bloomfield households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bloomfield is 4,480th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,478 | Horse Pasture VA | 2,236 | $54K | 22.7% | 2.5% | 1% | D |
| 4,479 | Fairfield Bay AR | 2,198 | $57K | 11.4% | 4.0% | 20% | D |
| 4,480 | Bloomfield IN | 2,306 | $55K | 12.2% | 9.2% | 16% | D |
| 4,481 | Granite OK | 1,609 | $60K | 12.7% | 5.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,482 | Greenville ME | 1,743 | $63K | 13.7% | 0.3% | 48% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Bloomfield, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bloomfield and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | – | D | B | 27 min | $54,948 |
| Hashtown | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hashtown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield’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: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield?
$54,948 (±$7,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield?
12.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (12%, 24 mi), Indianapolis (11%, 67 mi), Linton (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomfield walkable?
Bloomfield is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield
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.