Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Bloom Township (3.2%) than in 66% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Bloom Township; the top destination outside it is Findlay (16%, 11 miles). Bloom Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bloom Township in brief
Income, poverty and work: Bloom Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bloom Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #611 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Bloom Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloom Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
A place that makes things: 55% of Bloom Township’s jobs are in goods
688 jobs are based in Bloom Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloom Township, 2014 → 2024: 770 → 688. 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 Bloom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bloom Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,103 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 652 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Bloom Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
The places Bloom Township commutes to
Where Bloom Township clocks in
16% of workers
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.
About 22 minutes to work from Bloom Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 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 1,204 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Bloom Township commutes less than 15 miles
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 2024.
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 8% of U.S. towns, #918 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Bloom 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 1,268 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.5% 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.
2,154th of 4,868: where Bloom Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,152 | Clarendon NY | 3,326 | $58K | 10.1% | 2.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,153 | Windsor Township OH | 2,732 | $84K | 21.1% | 1.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,154 | Bloom Township OH | 2,517 | $74K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,155 | Cudjoe Key FL | 2,492 | $88K | 8.6% | 2.5% | 11% | B− |
| 2,156 | Sterlington LA | 2,663 | $69K | 17.3% | 1.4% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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.
Around Bloom Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Township | – | B− | D | 22 min | $74,000 |
| Henry Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 21 min | $61,708 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $67,868 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | C | C− | 19 min | $60,329 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $73,256 |
| Bloomdale | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | D− | 22 min | $70,057 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomdale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Bloom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bloom Township?
$74,000 (±$6,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloom Township?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloom Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloom Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (16%, 11 mi), Bowling Green (14%, 12 mi), Toledo (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bloom Township walkable?
Bloom Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloom Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.