Photo: Wdzinc · CC BY-SA 3.0Bloom Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For jobs and income Bloom Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Bloom Township has 1,134 jobs, against 4,689 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bloom Township, in brief
Bloom Township and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Bloom Township residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Bloom Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bloom Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,134 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 7,900 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bloom Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Bloom Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bloom Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bloom Township
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bloom Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bloom Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
36% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Bloom Township clocks in
36% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Who commutes out of Bloom Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,518 residents head out to work, 171 work right here, and 963 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Bloom Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Bloom Township works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloom Township, 2013 → 2023: 854 → 1,134. 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Bloom Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 4,580 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Bloom Township works
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.
Bloom Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,376 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). 3.4% of Bloom Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bloom Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bloom Township places 97th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Montgomery OH | 10,922 | $151K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 96 | Richfield WI | 11,785 | $144K | 4.8% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 97 | Bloom Township OH | 11,490 | $114K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 98 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 99 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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.
Bloom Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Greenfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Township | – | A+ | C | 28 min | $114,493 |
| Violet Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 27 min | $122,471 |
| Greenfield Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $86,292 |
| Amanda Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 35 min | $80,699 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $76,343 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 23 min | $89,239 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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?
$114,493 (±$10,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloom Township?
2.7%, 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. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloom Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (36%, 18 mi), Canal Winchester (6%, 5 mi), Lancaster (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bloom Township walkable?
Bloom Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bloom Township without a car?
1% 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 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.