Work & commute · Bloom

Work & commute in Bloom, ND

Most working residents leave Bloom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (47%), Fargo (9%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 286 Bloom residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloom.

286live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloom goes to work

Jamestown4.4 mi away

47%136

Fargo84.7 mi away

9%26

Bismarck101.9 mi away

4%12

Fried5.8 mi away

4%11

West Fargo81.1 mi away

3%10

Grand Forks98.4 mi away

3%9

Carrington42.7 mi away

2%5

Pingree20.5 mi away

1%4

Valley City29 mi away

1%3

Minot152.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%70

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

How far

How far Bloom commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloom is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloom are

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

Jobs based in Bloom

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bloom residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+50%

Jobs based in Bloom, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 84. 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.