Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, IN

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Lagrange (16%), Fort Wayne (6%) and Elkhart (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

431 of 2,230 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,799 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 431 work right here, and 2,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

1,799live here, work elsewhere

431live and work here

2,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Lagrange3 mi away

16%361

Fort Wayne41.2 mi away

6%130

Elkhart31.1 mi away

5%110

Middlebury17.9 mi away

4%100

Bloomfield (in town)right here

4%96

Clay6.3 mi away

4%86

Sturgis, MI9.9 mi away

4%79

Newbury12 mi away

4%79

Lima6.5 mi away

3%77

Goshen24.9 mi away

3%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,037

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.

39%

30%

18%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

2,728 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

2,728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

2,230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,421 → 2,728. 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.