Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, MI

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (8%), Traverse City (7%) and Forest (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 188 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

188live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Cadillac17 mi away

8%16

Traverse City25.9 mi away

7%13

Forest8.2 mi away

5%9

Garfield25.4 mi away

4%7

Roscommon30.6 mi away

3%6

Haring12.8 mi away

3%5

Norwich14.5 mi away

3%5

McBain18.7 mi away

2%4

Bloomfield (in town)right here

2%4

Caldwell6.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%119

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.

15%

32%

23%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

20 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

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−71%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2011 → 2021: 70 → 20. 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.