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Jobs & commute in Bloom Township

Most of Bloom Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Home is the office for 30% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. There are 6 jobs in Bloom Township, against 73 working residents. The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Bloom Township by day and by night

On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

73live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday70
140live here− 73head out to work+ 6come in to work= 70on a workday

About 70 people are in Bloom Township on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

33% of working residents work in Worthington

Pocahontas: 1 residents work here (1%)Spirit Lake: 2 residents work here (3%)Spencer: 1 residents work here (1%)Green IsleAdrian: 2 residents work here (3%)Brewster: 8 residents work here (11%)Worthington: 24 residents work here (33%)Marshall: 3 residents work here (4%)Mankato: 2 residents work here (3%)Bloom TownshipIona TownshipHeron Lake Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Seward TownshipSummit Lake Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Wilmont TownshipWorthingtonBrewsterMarshallSpirit LakeAdrianMankatoBloom Township
1
Worthington13.4 mi away
33%24
2
Brewster15.1 mi away
11%8
3
Marshall45.1 mi away
4%3
4
Spirit Lake, IA40.7 mi away
3%2
5
Adrian15.1 mi away
3%2
6
Mankato91.1 mi away
3%2
73%2
83%2
9
Pocahontas, IA90.8 mi away
1%1
10
Spencer, IA53.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%26
The top trips

Where Bloom Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Bloom Township

Jobs based in Bloom TownshipJobs Bloom Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%32%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices67%41%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%23%
Over $3,333 a month33%56%

Who does it

29 or younger67%23%
30 to 5417%51%
55 and older17%26%
−33%

Jobs based in Bloom Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 6. 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 Bloom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Bloom Township: about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
177 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bloom Township23 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
30%

of Bloom Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Bloom Township gets to work
83%Drive alone
11%Carpool
6%Walk

Share of the 35 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Bloom Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWorthington: 33% · 13.4 miBrewster: 11% · 15.1 miMarshall: 4% · 45.1 miSpirit Lake: 3% · 40.7 miAdrian: 3% · 15.1 miMankato: 3% · 91.1 miHeron Lake Township: 3% · 28.8 miSummit Lake Township: 3% · 5.4 miPocahontas: 1% · 90.8 miSpencer: 1% · 53.5 miWorthington 33%Brewster 11%Marshall 4%Spirit Lake 3%Adrian 3%Bloom Township
Bloom TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi3 residents
58%10–24 mi42 residents
17%25–50 mi12 residents
21%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 21% 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.

Next door

Bloom Township and its neighbors

The biggest share goes to Summit Lake Township (3%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Summit Lake Township16 min
Wilmont Township20 min
Bloom Township23 min
Seward Township29 min
Iona Township36 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBloom Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bloom Township–——23 min$82,292
Iona Townshipunder 2%——36 min—
Summit Lake Township3%——16 min—
Wilmont Townshipunder 2%——20 min—
Seward Townshipunder 2%——29 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Iona Township, Summit Lake Township, Wilmont Township and Seward Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bloom Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bloom Township: questions

What is the median household income in Bloom Township?

$82,292 (±$22,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bloom Township?

2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bloom Township?

23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bloom Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worthington (33%, 13 mi), Brewster (11%, 15 mi), Marshall (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bloom Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bloom Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bloom Township

Bloom Township home →

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.