Work & commute · Bloomsdale

Work & commute in Bloomsdale, MO

Most working residents leave Bloomsdale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ste. Genevieve (12%), St. Louis (8%) and Crystal City (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 261 Bloomsdale residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomsdale.

261live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomsdale goes to work

Ste. Genevieve9.6 mi away

12%34

St. Louis42.9 mi away

8%22

Bloomsdale (in town)right here

5%14

Crystal City16.8 mi away

3%9

Farmington19.6 mi away

3%9

Festus17.5 mi away

3%8

Arnold29.6 mi away

3%8

Fenton37.7 mi away

3%7

Perryville27.3 mi away

3%7

Clayton43.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%152

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

How far

How far Bloomsdale commutes

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

22%

25%

36%

17%

22%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomsdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomsdale are

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

Jobs based in Bloomsdale

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Bloomsdale residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+56%

Jobs based in Bloomsdale, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 372. 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.