Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, NJ

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Newark (9%) and Montclair (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,579 of 26,389 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,810 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 1,579 work right here, and 10,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

24,810live here, work elsewhere

1,579live and work here

10,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

New York, NY16.5 mi away

16%4,319

Newark5.9 mi away

9%2,308

Bloomfield (in town)right here

6%1,579

Montclair1.7 mi away

3%805

Jersey City9.3 mi away

3%800

Clifton3.9 mi away

2%558

Parsippany-Troy Hills12.8 mi away

2%465

Paterson7.4 mi away

2%447

Wayne9.9 mi away

1%366

Paramus11.3 mi away

1%357

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%14,385

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.

52%

37%

52%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

12,361 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

12,361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

26,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+1%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 12,271 → 12,361. 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.