Work & commute · Bloom

Work & commute in Bloom, IL

Most working residents leave Bloom for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (25%), Chicago Heights (5%) and Homewood (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,599 of 34,266 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,667 Bloom residents head out of town to work, 3,599 work right here, and 15,849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloom.

30,667live here, work elsewhere

3,599live and work here

15,849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloom goes to work

Chicago22.8 mi away

25%8,588

Chicago Heights1.5 mi away

5%1,779

Homewood4.3 mi away

3%976

South Holland6 mi away

2%669

Matteson7.3 mi away

2%579

University Park7.1 mi away

2%515

Lansing4.8 mi away

1%508

Joliet28.1 mi away

1%492

Olympia Fields4.5 mi away

1%462

Tinley Park11 mi away

1%446

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%19,252

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

How far

How far Bloom commutes

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

35%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloom is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloom are

19,448 jobs are based in Bloom. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloom

19,448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bloom residents hold

34,266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−17%

Jobs based in Bloom, 2013 → 2023: 23,479 → 19,448. 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.