Photo: Yahala · CC BY-SA 3.0Bloomington Township is a college town: 54% of residents are students
About one in three work in Bloomington Township itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (44%, 3 miles). Jobs and income earn Bloomington Township C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bloomington Township apart
Much of Bloomington Township works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Bloomington Township: Bloomington (44%), Richland Township (3%) and Perry Township (2%). Next door ↓
Bloomington Township is where the jobs are
Bloomington Township has 28,632 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Bloomington Township is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bloomington Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
31% of Bloomington Township’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Bloomington Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On family income, poverty and job access, Bloomington Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #389 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Bloomington Township’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.4%, U.S. 11.9%).
Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (36% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 15.4%, against 33.6% for all residents. Unemployment (6.3%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($84,953), since student households pull the household median down ($44,748).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Bloomington Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In and out of Bloomington Township on a workday
On a workday 7,540 residents head out to work, 3,492 work right here, and 25,140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64,000 people are in Bloomington Township on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Most jobs in Bloomington Township are in services
28,632 jobs are based in Bloomington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomington Township, 2013 → 2023: 27,445 → 28,632. 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Bloomington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomington Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,872 commuters (the 15% 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.
Commuting in to Bloomington Township: where workers come from
Where Bloomington Township clocks in
44% of workers
14% 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.
Bloomington Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
Bloomington Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomington Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #1 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Bloomington 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 19,927 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 82% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 59% 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). 12.2% of Bloomington Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Bloomington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bloomington Township is 692nd of 923 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 63,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 19 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 34 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
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| 86 | Washington Township IN | 62,740 | $100K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
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| 690 | Meriden CT | 60,810 | $71K | 13.2% | 8.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 691 | Lancaster TX | 40,526 | $68K | 15.0% | 7.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 692 | Bloomington Township IN | 46,702 | $45K | 33.6% | 6.3% | 32% | C+ |
| 693 | Ypsilanti Township MI | 53,721 | $70K | 14.8% | 6.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 694 | Olympia WA | 56,724 | $81K | 14.0% | 7.3% | 34% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 923 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Indiana.
49% of Bloomington Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Township | – | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $44,748 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $80,233 |
| Benton Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $90,296 |
| Richland Township | 3% | A | C− | 20 min | $100,957 |
| Perry Township | 2% | B | A+ | 19 min | $66,567 |
| Bloomington | 44% | B− | A+ | 18 min | $50,465 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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.
- Students. 54% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- 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?
$44,748 (±$4,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomington Township?
33.6% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 15.4%. Indiana: 12.3%.
How long is the commute from Bloomington Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomington Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (44%, 3 mi), Indianapolis (14%, 44 mi), Richland Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomington Township walkable?
Bloomington Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 23% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomington Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 59% 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.