Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, MI

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (10%), Troy (9%) and Southfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,161 of 17,192 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,031 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 1,161 work right here, and 17,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

16,031live here, work elsewhere

1,161live and work here

17,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Detroit16.1 mi away

10%1,761

Troy6.6 mi away

9%1,492

Southfield7.2 mi away

7%1,218

Bloomfield (in town)right here

7%1,161

Auburn Hills6.9 mi away

5%798

Farmington Hills8.2 mi away

4%733

Warren14 mi away

4%689

Birmingham3.7 mi away

4%604

Royal Oak7.8 mi away

3%492

Pontiac5 mi away

3%483

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%7,761

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.

50%

37%

50%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

18,663 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

18,663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

17,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−6%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2011 → 2021: 19,926 → 18,663. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.