Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBloom Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Bloom Township report 121 jobs; 740 of its residents have a job. Bloom Township grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bloom Township apart on work
Bloom Township is a place people come home to
There are 121 jobs based in Bloom Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bloom Township has about 990 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Bloom Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Bloom Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 740 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bloom Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bloom Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bloom Township’s grade up ($78,226, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Bloom Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bloom Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A workday in Bloom Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 724 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Bloom Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How long Bloom Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloom Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 729 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
17% of working residents work in Tiffin
Where Bloom Township clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Bloom Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloom Township, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 121. 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 Bloom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bloom Township to work
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Bloom Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloom Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 755 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). 0.9% of Bloom Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloom Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bloom Township is 3,505th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,503 | Belle Plaine KS | 1,442 | $63K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,504 | Cochecton NY | 1,435 | $72K | 8.2% | 6.7% | 7% | C |
| 3,505 | Bloom Township OH | 1,608 | $78K | 14.6% | 2.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,506 | Washington Township PA | 1,845 | $69K | 11.5% | 2.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,507 | Phelps WI | 1,269 | $71K | 7.2% | 0.8% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Bloom Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Bloom Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Township | – | C | D | 28 min | $78,226 |
| Eden Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 23 min | $113,500 |
| Scipio Township | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $52,500 |
| Venice Township | 3% | B | C+ | 21 min | $86,442 |
| Lykens Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lykens Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Venice Township. Darker towns draw more of Bloom 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 Bloom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloom Township?
$78,226 (±$9,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloom Township?
14.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloom Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloom Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (17%, 11 mi), Willard (6%, 14 mi), Findlay (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloom Township walkable?
Bloom Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloom Township 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 Bloom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bloom 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.