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Jobs & commute in Bloomfield Township

Bloomfield Township’s household incomes are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns

Jobs and income earn Bloomfield Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Below the poverty line: 8.5% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. 0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Bloomfield Township apart

Bloomfield Township is a place people come home to

There are 90 jobs based in Bloomfield Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bloomfield Township has about 790 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Bloomfield Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓

Few Bloomfield Township workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 443 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

Why Bloomfield Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does

On income, poverty and job access, Bloomfield Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bloomfield Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($48,397, U.S. $80,734).

Household income $48,397 (±$11,103) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 10% of U.S. towns
Poverty 8.5% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 57% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 12% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Bloomfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

D−C+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bloomfield Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of Bloomfield Township on a workday

On a workday 439 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.

439live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
86work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,100
Workday790
1,100live here− 440head out to work+ 86come in to work= 790on a workday

About 790 people are in Bloomfield Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.20 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 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Bloomfield Township’s commute takes about 38 minutes

A year of commuting
289 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bloomfield Township38 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Bloomfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bloomfield Township gets to work
81%Drive alone
19%Carpool

Share of the 615 commuters (the 0% 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.

The commute map

20% of working residents work in Jackson

Oak Hill: 14 residents work here (3%)Gallipolis: 8 residents work here (2%)Wellston: 29 residents work here (7%)Jackson: 89 residents work here (20%)Portsmouth: 15 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 14 residents work here (3%)Green Township: 24 residents work here (5%)Bloomfield TownshipLick Township: 20 residents work here (5%)Madison TownshipMilton TownshipScioto TownshipFranklin TownshipScioto Township: 10 residents work here (2%)Jefferson Township: 13 residents work here (3%)Huntington TownshipJacksonWellstonGreen TownshipLick TownshipPortsmouthOak HillBloomfield Township
1
Jackson8 mi away
20%89
2
Wellston8.5 mi away
7%29
3
Green Township17.9 mi away
5%24
4
Lick Township6.6 mi away
5%20
5
Portsmouth29 mi away
3%15
6
Oak Hill7.5 mi away
3%14
7
Columbus72.9 mi away
3%14
83%13
9
Scioto Township26.2 mi away
2%10
10
Gallipolis21 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%207
The top trips

Where Bloomfield Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods jobs make up 40% of work in Bloomfield Township

90 jobs are based in Bloomfield Township.

Jobs based in Bloomfield TownshipJobs Bloomfield Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%23%
Trade, transport & utilities58%21%
Services: health, schools, offices2%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%32%
Over $3,333 a month52%50%

Who does it

29 or younger20%24%
30 to 5456%54%
55 and older24%22%
−59%

Jobs based in Bloomfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 90. 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 Bloomfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The distance from Bloomfield Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJackson: 20% · 8 miWellston: 7% · 8.5 miGreen Township: 5% · 17.9 miLick Township: 5% · 6.6 miPortsmouth: 3% · 29 miOak Hill: 3% · 7.5 miColumbus: 3% · 72.9 miJefferson Township: 3% · 9.7 miScioto Township: 2% · 26.2 miGallipolis: 2% · 21 miJackson 20%Wellston 7%Green Township 5%Lick Township 5%Portsmouth 3%Bloomfield Township
Bloomfield TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi161 residents
24%10–24 mi104 residents
18%25–50 mi77 residents
21%Over 50 mi91 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Most of Bloomfield Township commutes by car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bloomfield Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bloomfield Township near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 3.8 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 615 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). 0.0% of Bloomfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bloomfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

2,677th of 3,771: where Bloomfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
3Baxter Estates NY1,014$154K1.0%3.1%1%A+
…
41Bratenahl OH1,396$138K4.4%0.8%1%A+
…
46Sharon Center OH1,129$111K0.4%0.2%2%A+
…
51Boston Heights OH1,408$121K4.1%4.2%3%A+
…
2,675Spring Hope NC1,383$38K11.1%2.3%4%C−
2,676Hamden NY1,121$64K11.2%7.5%8%C−
2,677Bloomfield Township OH1,145$48K8.5%0.0%1%C−
2,678Blanchard Township OH1,399$60K15.7%3.7%1%C−
2,679Lenox IA1,364$61K11.3%1.2%38%C−
…
3,771Oglala SD1,071$21K68.8%26.5%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 Bloomfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Bloomfield Township

Milton Township: few work hereMadison Township: few work hereFranklin Township: few work hereHuntington Township: few work hereMilton TownshipMadison TownshipFranklin TownshipHuntington TownshipBloomfield Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Milton Township20 min
Madison Township31 min
Franklin Township32 min
Huntington Township33 min
Bloomfield Township38 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBloomfield Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bloomfield Township–C−D−38 min$48,397
Milton Townshipunder 2%—D−20 min—
Madison Townshipunder 2%B−D31 min$71,288
Franklin Townshipunder 2%D−D32 min$54,333
Huntington Townshipunder 2%DD33 min$55,443

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bloomfield Township: questions

What is the median household income in Bloomfield Township?

$48,397 (±$11,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield Township?

8.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bloomfield Township?

38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bloomfield Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (20%, 8 mi), Wellston (7%, 8 mi), Green Township (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Bloomfield Township walkable?

Bloomfield Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Bloomfield Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bloomfield Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bloomfield Township

Bloomfield Township home →

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.