Vanness-Linen House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Bloomingdale have higher incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. Poverty touches 11.9% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Bloomingdale are A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bloomingdale
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bloomingdale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloomingdale is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #221 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Bloomingdale’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloomingdale could be anywhere from B to A+.
6% of working residents work in New York City
Where Bloomingdale clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Bloomingdale quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,936 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 976 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Bloomingdale on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Bloomingdale: 1,124 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2014 → 2024: 1,069 → 1,124. 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 Bloomingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bloomingdale’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloomingdale workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,595 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Bloomingdale’s workers travel
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bloomingdale
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomingdale is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #309 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, 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 4,121 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 3.4% of Bloomingdale households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bloomingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bloomingdale ranks: 713th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 711 | Helvetia Township IL | 8,312 | $85K | 6.1% | 1.3% | 12% | A− |
| 712 | Picnic Point WA | 10,261 | $130K | 7.2% | 4.7% | 1% | A− |
| 713 | Bloomingdale NJ | 7,853 | $128K | 11.9% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| 714 | Gibsonville NC | 9,876 | $96K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| 715 | Maywood NJ | 10,166 | $118K | 3.9% | 8.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Bloomingdale, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Bloomingdale
The biggest share goes to Butler (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloomingdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | – | A− | A− | 29 min | $127,500 |
| Butler | 3% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $111,557 |
| Wanaque | under 3% | A | A− | 30 min | $113,175 |
| Riverdale | under 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $102,950 |
| West Milford Township | under 3% | A− | B | 40 min | $132,114 |
| Macopin | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ringwood | under 3% | A | B− | 32 min | $152,414 |
| Pompton Lakes | under 3% | A | A | 30 min | $124,454 |
Same-state neighbors only. Macopin: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bloomingdale’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 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 Bloomingdale: questions
What is the median household income in Bloomingdale?
$127,500 (±$16,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloomingdale?
11.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloomingdale?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloomingdale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (6%, 33 mi), Wayne Township (4%, 8 mi), Paterson (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bloomingdale walkable?
Bloomingdale is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloomingdale without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bloomingdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloomingdale
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. 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.