Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Blooming Grove Township works elsewhere
Blooming Grove Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 711 jobs are based in Blooming Grove Township for 1,550 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Blooming Grove Township stands out on work
Blooming Grove Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Blooming Grove Township went from 394 in 2014 to 711 in 2024, +80%. The jobs ↓
Blooming Grove Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Blooming Grove Township works from home
26% of Blooming Grove Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Blooming Grove Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blooming Grove Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #799 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Blooming Grove Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blooming Grove Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
What Blooming Grove Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Grove Township, 2014 → 2024: 394 → 711. 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 Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Blooming Grove Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blooming Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,721 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where in the region Blooming Grove Township works
About 40% 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.
Who works in Blooming Grove Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,455 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Blooming Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2024, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Palmyra Township
Where Blooming Grove Township clocks in
5% 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.
Blooming Grove Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blooming Grove Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #922 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,311 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). 1.7% of Blooming Grove Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blooming Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Blooming Grove Township places 2,331st of 3,527 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,329 | Gardnerville NV | 5,486 | $62K | 14.4% | 2.2% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,330 | Rockmart GA | 5,369 | $57K | 3.1% | 8.7% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,331 | Blooming Grove Township PA | 5,751 | $85K | 4.4% | 8.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,332 | Sans Souci SC | 7,665 | $45K | 15.9% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,333 | Doffing TX | 5,004 | $32K | 29.8% | 1.4% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Blooming Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Blooming Grove Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Palmyra Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blooming Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove Township | – | C+ | C− | 36 min | $85,457 |
| Dingman Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 43 min | $100,972 |
| Lackawaxen Township | 4% | C+ | C+ | 36 min | $78,920 |
| Palmyra Township | 5% | B− | B+ | 31 min | $66,071 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
| Shohola Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $93,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blooming Grove 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 Blooming Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blooming Grove Township?
$85,457 (±$11,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Grove Township?
4.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blooming Grove Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blooming Grove Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palmyra Township (5%, 7 mi), New York City (4%, 77 mi), Lackawaxen Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Blooming Grove Township walkable?
Blooming Grove Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blooming Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blooming Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Grove 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.