Work & commute · Blooming Grove

Work & commute in Blooming Grove, NY

Most working residents leave Blooming Grove for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (22%), Wallkill (4%) and Palm Tree (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

658 of 7,539 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,881 Blooming Grove residents head out of town to work, 658 work right here, and 2,740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blooming Grove.

6,881live here, work elsewhere

658live and work here

2,740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blooming Grove goes to work

New York52.1 mi away

22%1,642

Blooming Grove (in town)right here

9%658

Wallkill13 mi away

4%313

Palm Tree3.9 mi away

4%310

Ramapo18 mi away

4%306

Goshen8.9 mi away

4%267

Monroe6.3 mi away

3%235

Woodbury6.2 mi away

3%219

Clarkstown21.2 mi away

3%208

New Windsor6.7 mi away

3%193

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,188

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

How far

How far Blooming Grove commutes

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

32%

24%

29%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blooming Grove is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blooming Grove are

3,398 jobs are based in Blooming Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blooming Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blooming Grove

3,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Blooming Grove residents hold

7,539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+42%

Jobs based in Blooming Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,386 → 3,398. 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.