Photo: Blambo at English Wikipedia · Public domainHow Bloomsdale works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 5% work in Bloomsdale itself; outside it, Ste. Genevieve draws the most (14%, 10 miles). Working residents average 30 minutes each way, where Missouri has 24 and the U.S. 26. Bloomsdale has 372 jobs, and 276 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bloomsdale stands out on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Bloomsdale
58% of Bloomsdale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Bloomsdale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Bloomsdale are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Bloomsdale’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Bloomsdale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs in Bloomsdale: what the 372 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomsdale, 2014 → 2024: 301 → 372. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Bloomsdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomsdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Who works in Bloomsdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Bloomsdale on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Bloomsdale’s working residents head each day
Where Bloomsdale clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
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.
How far Bloomsdale goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Bloomsdale: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomsdale?
$101,736 (±$25,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomsdale?
9.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomsdale?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomsdale work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ste. Genevieve (14%, 10 mi), St. Louis (9%, 43 mi), Crystal City (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bloomsdale 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 Bloomsdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomsdale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.