Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. Mill Building · Photo: Desmond57 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Bloomfield Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. 12,361 jobs are based in Bloomfield Township for 26,389 working residents. Bloomfield Township grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bloomfield Township
Income, poverty and work: Bloomfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomfield Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #269 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Bloomfield Township’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
16% of working residents work in New York City
Where Bloomfield Township clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bloomfield Township
On a workday 24,810 residents head out to work, 1,579 work right here, and 10,782 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42,000 people are in Bloomfield Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
What Bloomfield Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 12,271 → 12,361. 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 Bloomfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bloomfield Township, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomfield Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,532 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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 Township commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Bloomfield Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomfield Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #49 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Bloomfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 29,630 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 64% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 19.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 9.9% of Bloomfield Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 15% of Bloomfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bloomfield Township is 307th of 797 U.S. towns of 39,000 to 76,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
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| 34 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bridgewater Township NJ | 46,455 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Aloha OR | 52,389 | $102K | 7.8% | 4.2% | 4% | A− |
| 306 | Culver City CA | 39,452 | $117K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 10% | A− |
| 307 | Bloomfield Township NJ | 56,375 | $104K | 8.6% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 308 | Ossining NY | 39,964 | $126K | 8.8% | 5.5% | 11% | A− |
| 309 | Cedar Falls IA | 41,240 | $77K | 15.7% | 3.9% | 36% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Bloomfield Township
The biggest share goes to Newark (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Township | – | A− | A+ | 32 min | $103,604 |
| Glen Ridge | under 2% | A | A+ | 36 min | $250,000+ |
| Nutley Township | under 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $119,734 |
| Newark | 9% | C− | A+ | 33 min | $52,060 |
| Belleville Township | under 2% | B | A+ | 32 min | $90,140 |
| East Orange | under 2% | C | A+ | 35 min | $60,830 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomfield Township?
$103,604 (±$6,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield Township?
8.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomfield Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomfield Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 16 mi), Newark (9%, 6 mi), Montclair Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloomfield Township walkable?
Bloomfield Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomfield Township without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 64% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomfield 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. 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.