Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, CT

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (21%), Windsor (7%) and West Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,199 of 10,242 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,043 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 1,199 work right here, and 19,646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

9,043live here, work elsewhere

1,199live and work here

19,646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Hartford6.2 mi away

21%2,198

Bloomfield (in town)right here

12%1,199

Windsor3.9 mi away

7%669

West Hartford5.4 mi away

5%515

East Hartford9 mi away

4%394

Farmington9.4 mi away

3%312

Manchester12.1 mi away

3%288

New Britain11.8 mi away

2%226

Simsbury4.9 mi away

2%188

South Windsor8.4 mi away

2%182

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,071

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.

63%

20%

10%

63%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

20,845 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

20,845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

10,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 18,010 → 20,845. 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.