Bloomer Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Bloomer Township report 565 jobs, against 1,371 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bloomer Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 4% work in Bloomer Township itself; outside it, Carson City draws the most (7%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bloomer Township at work: what stands out
The jobs in Bloomer Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Bloomer Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 51% of the jobs Bloomer Township residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bloomer Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bloomer Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomer Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #384 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Bloomer Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomer Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
75% of the jobs in Bloomer Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomer Township, 2011 → 2021: 601 → 565. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bloomer Township
About 33% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Bloomer Township on a workday
On a workday 1,313 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Bloomer Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Bloomer Township ends
Where Bloomer Township clocks in
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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,608 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
In Bloomer Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomer Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #392 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,762 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). 5.4% of Bloomer Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloomer Township places 1,749th of 3,283 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,747 | Hokes Bluff AL | 4,706 | $75K | 4.0% | 6.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,748 | Marshall MI | 6,800 | $76K | 5.7% | 6.9% | 25% | B− |
| 1,749 | Bloomer Township MI | 6,567 | $86K | 9.1% | 2.5% | 4% | B− |
| 1,750 | Kula HI | 6,791 | $100K | 12.3% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,751 | Forestbrook SC | 7,479 | $81K | 6.8% | 7.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bloomer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bloomer Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer Township | – | B− | C | 24 min | $86,313 |
| Carson City | 7% | D | B | 23 min | $44,375 |
| Crystal Township | under 2% | C− | D | 42 min | $56,087 |
| North Plains Township | under 2% | D | C− | 27 min | $60,724 |
| Bushnell Township | under 2% | C− | D | 34 min | $65,500 |
| North Shade Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Shade Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Carson City. Darker towns draw more of Bloomer 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 2021, 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 Bloomer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomer Township?
$86,313 (±$3,690) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomer Township?
9.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomer Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomer Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (7%, 3 mi), Ionia (5%, 16 mi), Lansing (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bloomer Township walkable?
Bloomer Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomer Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.