John and Mary Dickson House · Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of West Bloomfield works elsewhere
Only 3% stay in West Bloomfield for work; outside it, Rochester is the main destination (13%, 20 miles). West Bloomfield has 148 jobs; 1,091 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn West Bloomfield B−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
West Bloomfield and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in West Bloomfield than ten years ago
Jobs counted in West Bloomfield fell from 478 in 2013 to 148 in 2023, −69%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from West Bloomfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
West Bloomfield is a place people come home to
There are 148 jobs based in West Bloomfield, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Bloomfield has about 1,800 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in West Bloomfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, West Bloomfield is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #400 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds West Bloomfield’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,399, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, West Bloomfield could be anywhere from C to A−.
West Bloomfield makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 148. 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 West Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from West Bloomfield takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Bloomfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 987 commuters (the 18% 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.
How a workday changes West Bloomfield
On a workday 1,057 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in West Bloomfield on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting out of West Bloomfield: the destinations
Where West Bloomfield clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
How far West Bloomfield’s workers travel
About 17% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from West Bloomfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Bloomfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #641 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,197 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). 2.6% of West Bloomfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Bloomfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, West Bloomfield ranks 2,217th of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,215 | Readfield ME | 2,730 | $87K | 5.0% | 6.3% | 11% | B− |
| 2,216 | Casnovia Township MI | 2,825 | $83K | 9.1% | 5.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,217 | West Bloomfield NY | 2,723 | $61K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,218 | Shadybrook TX | 2,810 | $69K | 16.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,219 | Kemah TX | 3,097 | $85K | 29.4% | 4.5% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 West Bloomfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
West Bloomfield and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Mendon (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Bloomfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bloomfield | – | B− | C | 22 min | $61,399 |
| Lima | under 3% | B+ | A | 22 min | $87,130 |
| East Bloomfield | 4% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $90,451 |
| Richmond | under 3% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $79,150 |
| Mendon | 8% | A− | B− | 27 min | $131,778 |
| Bristol | under 3% | B+ | D− | 25 min | $86,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West 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 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 West Bloomfield: questions
What is the median household income in West Bloomfield?
$61,399 (±$7,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Bloomfield?
7.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Bloomfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Bloomfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (13%, 20 mi), Mendon (8%, 7 mi), Henrietta (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Bloomfield walkable?
West Bloomfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Bloomfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Bloomfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Bloomfield
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.