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Jobs & commute in Bloomfield

Bloomfield has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 202 people commute in to work

6% of workers have no commute at all; Wisconsin has 13%. Employers in Bloomfield report 202 jobs, against 65 working residents. Hardly any work in Bloomfield; the top destination outside it is Burlington (9%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Bloomfield, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 65 residents head out to work and none work right here.

65live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
202work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday320
190live here− 65head out to work+ 200come in to work= 320on a workday

About 320 people are in Bloomfield on a workday afternoon, 73% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
3.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the people who work in Bloomfield live

Fox LakeHarvard: 6 workers live here (3%)AntiochGenoa City: 22 workers live here (11%)Lake Geneva: 7 workers live here (3%)BurlingtonElkhornTwin Lakes: 8 workers live here (4%)CaledoniaJanesville: 5 workers live here (2%)Bloomfield: 12 workers live here (6%)MadisonMilwaukeeBloomfieldWalworth: 8 workers live here (4%)LyonsDelavan: 8 workers live here (4%)Geneva: 7 workers live here (3%)Linn: 8 workers live here (4%)Genoa CityBloomfieldTwin LakesWalworthDelavanLinnBloomfield
1
Genoa City6.3 mi away
11%22
2
Bloomfield3 mi away
6%12
3
Twin Lakes8.8 mi away
4%8
4
Walworth11.4 mi away
4%8
5
Delavan8.9 mi away
4%8
6
Linn4.9 mi away
4%8
7
Lake Geneva1.3 mi away
3%7
8
Geneva5.5 mi away
3%7
9
Harvard, IL14.7 mi away
3%6
10
Janesville31.9 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%111
The top trips

Where Bloomfield 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 60% of work in Bloomfield

Jobs based in BloomfieldJobs Bloomfield residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms60%25%
Trade, transport & utilities20%12%
Services: health, schools, offices20%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%18%
Over $3,333 a month53%69%

Who does it

29 or younger24%26%
30 to 5445%49%
55 and older31%25%
+149%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2014 → 2024: 81 → 202. 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 Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way for Bloomfield’s commuters

A year of commuting
173 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bloomfield23 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

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

About 1 in 10
How Bloomfield gets to work
88%Drive alone
8%Carpool
3%Other

Share of the 1,228 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.

How far

Bloomfield’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miBurlington: 9% · 9.9 miElkhorn: 9% · 9.6 miLake Geneva: 6% · 1.3 miJanesville: 6% · 31.9 miMadison: 6% · 63 miGenoa City: 5% · 6.3 miMilwaukee: 5% · 40.6 miCaledonia: 3% · 31.1 miFox Lake: 2% · 15 miAntioch: 2% · 18.4 miBurlington 9%Elkhorn 9%Lake Geneva 6%Janesville 6%Madison 6%Bloomfield
BloomfieldTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi17 residents
28%10–24 mi18 residents
28%25–50 mi18 residents
18%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 18% 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.

Next door

Work next door: 11% of Bloomfield’s workers

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Bloomfield23 min
Lake Geneva23 min
Lyons25 min
Linn27 min
Genoa City30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBloomfield workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bloomfield–——23 min$81,912
Genoa City5%B+C−30 min$81,213
Lake Geneva6%BA−23 min$75,629
Linnunder 2%AB27 min$99,205
Lyonsunder 2%B−C−25 min$83,919

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

The biggest share goes to Lake Geneva. Darker towns draw more of Bloomfield’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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bloomfield: questions

What is the median household income in Bloomfield?

$81,912 (±$27,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bloomfield?

5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bloomfield?

23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bloomfield work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (9%, 10 mi), Elkhorn (9%, 10 mi), Lake Geneva (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Bloomfield without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Bloomfield

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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.