Work & commute · Bloomingdale

Work & commute in Bloomingdale, GA

Most working residents leave Bloomingdale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (30%), Pooler (12%) and Garden City (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,164 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,126 Bloomingdale residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomingdale.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomingdale goes to work

Savannah10.2 mi away

30%355

Pooler3.3 mi away

12%142

Garden City8.1 mi away

4%44

Bloomingdale (in town)right here

3%38

Atlanta213.1 mi away

2%26

Statesboro34.9 mi away

1%17

Port Wentworth7.6 mi away

1%16

Bluffton, SC22.9 mi away

1%15

Richmond Hill15.5 mi away

1%12

Jacksonville, FL125.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%489

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

How far

How far Bloomingdale commutes

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

42%

35%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomingdale is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomingdale are

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

Jobs based in Bloomingdale

641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bloomingdale residents hold

1,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+174%

Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 641. 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.