Most of Blooming Glen commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Blooming Glen itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (8%, 25 miles). Blooming Glen has 64 jobs, against 143 working residents. 23% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Blooming Glen
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 towns that employ Blooming Glen’s residents
Where Blooming Glen clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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 jobs make up 44% of work in Blooming Glen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Glen, 2014 → 2024: 37 → 64. 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 Blooming Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Blooming Glen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blooming Glen workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 425 commuters (the 23% 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.
The commute from Blooming Glen, by distance
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.
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 Blooming Glen: questions
What is the median household income in Blooming Glen?
$116,220 (±$41,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Glen?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blooming Glen?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blooming Glen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 25 mi), Plumstead Township (5%, 7 mi), Perkasie (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Blooming Glen 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 Blooming Glen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Glen
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.