Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, CA

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (16%), Sebastopol (8%) and Petaluma (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

124live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Santa Rosa11 mi away

16%20

Sebastopol5.4 mi away

8%10

Petaluma12.5 mi away

6%7

San Rafael29.5 mi away

6%7

San Francisco42.5 mi away

6%7

Rohnert Park7.5 mi away

2%3

Sacramento75.9 mi away

2%3

Berkeley42.9 mi away

2%2

San Leandro56.2 mi away

2%2

Palo Alto74.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%62

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bloomfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

31%

19%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

86 jobs are based in Bloomfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloomfield

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+169%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.