Bloomer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Bloomer Township has 9 jobs, against 29 working residents. Hardly any work in Bloomer Township itself; outside it, Grand Forks draws the most (17%, 29 miles). Working from home is the commute for 12% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Bloomer Township
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49 people are in Bloomer Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bloomer Township goes to work
Where Bloomer Township clocks in
17% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Bloomer Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomer Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 9. 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 Bloomer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomer Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Bloomer Township
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 towns around Bloomer Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $72,917 |
| Parker Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Middle River Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Big Woods Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Vega Township | under 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Parker Township, Middle River Township, Big Woods Township and Vega Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Bloomer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomer Township?
$72,917 (±$40,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomer Township?
18.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomer Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomer Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (17%, 29 mi), Warren (14%, 13 mi), Stephen (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bloomer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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), 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.