Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bloom Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Bloom Township; the top destination outside it is Lawrence Township (11%, 10 miles). Bloom Township has 24 jobs; 134 of its residents have a job. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Bloom Township
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Bloom Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Bloom Township’s residents
Where Bloom Township clocks in
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 79% of the jobs in Bloom Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bloom Township, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 24. 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Bloom Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bloom Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 250 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Bloom Township
About 25% 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.
How Bloom Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pike Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bloom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $75,583 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Penn Township | 2% | C− | C− | 32 min | $58,804 |
| Pike Township | 4% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $83,958 |
| Brady Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 20 min | $66,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: 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 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?
$75,583 (±$10,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bloom Township?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bloom Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bloom Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (11%, 10 mi), Curwensville (9%, 8 mi), Clearfield (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bloom Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.