St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex · Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in East Bloomfield top those of 68% of U.S. towns
3.5% of residents are in poverty; New York has 14.0%. For jobs and income East Bloomfield is better than 75% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten work in East Bloomfield itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (14%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
East Bloomfield at work: what stands out
East Bloomfield makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in East Bloomfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs East Bloomfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from East Bloomfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in East Bloomfield pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in East Bloomfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside East Bloomfield’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds East Bloomfield’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Bloomfield could be anywhere from B to A.
52% of the jobs in East Bloomfield make or build things
986 jobs are based in East Bloomfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Bloomfield, 2014 → 2024: 1,021 → 986. 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 East Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from East Bloomfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,627 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% 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 East Bloomfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,539 residents head out to work, 145 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in East Bloomfield on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Where the trip to work from East Bloomfield ends
Where East Bloomfield clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region East Bloomfield works
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In East Bloomfield, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,784 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of East Bloomfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Bloomfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900, East Bloomfield comes 1,080th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,078 | Raymond ME | 4,670 | $88K | 5.3% | 2.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,079 | Ashby MA | 3,274 | $116K | 2.6% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,080 | East Bloomfield NY | 3,614 | $90K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,081 | Franklin Township PA | 4,781 | $100K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,082 | Hegins Township PA | 3,368 | $93K | 5.5% | 1.0% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 East Bloomfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 13% of East Bloomfield’s workers
The biggest share goes to Victor (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Bloomfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bloomfield | – | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $90,451 |
| West Bloomfield | under 3% | B− | C | 22 min | $61,399 |
| Bristol | under 3% | B+ | D− | 25 min | $86,000 |
| Canandaigua | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Victor | 9% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $115,538 |
Same-state neighbors only. Canandaigua: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Bloomfield’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 East Bloomfield: questions
What is the median household income in East Bloomfield?
$90,451 (±$11,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Bloomfield?
3.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Bloomfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Bloomfield work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (14%, 21 mi), Victor (9%, 6 mi), Henrietta (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Bloomfield walkable?
East Bloomfield is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Bloomfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Bloomfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Bloomfield
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.