Photo: Bradley Portnoy, User:Piranhaex at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.0Bloomfield Hills’ household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.9% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. For jobs and income Bloomfield Hills is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in ten stay in Bloomfield Hills for work; outside it, Detroit is the main destination (10%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bloomfield Hills, in brief
Bloomfield Hills fills up on a workday
Bloomfield Hills has 6,808 jobs, 4.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,600 people are in town, more than double the 4,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bloomfield Hills draws workers from far and wide
The 6,808 jobs in Bloomfield Hills are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 31%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Bloomfield Hills is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Bloomfield Hills’ workforce skews older
37% of Bloomfield Hills’ working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bloomfield Hills
Household income is its strongest input ($189,942, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomfield Hills could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves Bloomfield Hills for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,439 residents head out to work, 137 work right here, and 6,671 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Bloomfield Hills on a workday afternoon, 119% more than live here.
4.3 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 2021, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Bloomfield Hills live
Where Bloomfield Hills clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
6,808 jobs are based in Bloomfield Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield Hills, 2011 → 2021: 6,265 → 6,808. 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 Bloomfield Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bloomfield Hills: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield Hills workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,469 commuters (the 16% 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.
Half of Bloomfield Hills commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bloomfield Hills
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,755 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% 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). 8.4% of Bloomfield Hills households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomfield Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bloomfield Hills is 186th of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 185 | Lower Milford Township PA | 3,898 | $123K | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 186 | Bloomfield Hills MI | 4,390 | $190K | 3.9% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| 187 | Scandia MN | 3,979 | $102K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 188 | Plain City OH | 4,322 | $118K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Bloomfield Hills compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bloomfield Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomfield Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Hills | – | A+ | A− | 20 min | $189,942 |
| Bloomfield Township | 3% | A | B− | 24 min | $162,788 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield Hills’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 Bloomfield Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield Hills?
$189,942 (±$29,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield Hills?
3.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield Hills?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield Hills work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (10%, 16 mi), Troy (8%, 5 mi), Southfield (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bloomfield Hills walkable?
Bloomfield Hills is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield Hills
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.