Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Blooming Grove
Only 6% work in Blooming Grove itself; outside it, Corsicana draws the most (15%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. Employers in Blooming Grove report 256 jobs, and 378 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Blooming Grove in brief
Blooming Grove and Corsicana trade workers both ways
Corsicana is the top workplace for Blooming Grove residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Blooming Grove come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Blooming Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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; with 378 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Blooming Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Blooming Grove clocks in
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.
How far it is to work from Blooming Grove
About 37% 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 long Blooming Grove spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blooming Grove workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
How a workday changes Blooming Grove
On a workday 357 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Blooming Grove on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Blooming Grove is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Grove, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 256. 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 Blooming Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Blooming Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Blooming Grove?
$76,771 (±$24,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Grove?
10.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blooming Grove?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blooming Grove work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corsicana (15%, 15 mi), Dallas (11%, 48 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blooming Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blooming Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Grove
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.