Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, IN

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (12%), Linton (6%) and Center (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

134 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 693 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

693live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Bloomfield (in town)right here

16%134

Bloomington24.1 mi away

12%99

Linton11.8 mi away

6%46

Center9.9 mi away

5%40

Center67.1 mi away

5%39

Richland20.8 mi away

3%24

Spencer20.1 mi away

2%19

Bedford26.7 mi away

2%18

Carmel77.3 mi away

2%14

Terre Haute38.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%381

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%

34%

12%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

859 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

859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−7%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 925 → 859. 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.