Work & commute · Bloom

Work & commute in Bloom, OH

Most working residents leave Bloom for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (20%), Minford (6%) and Wheelersburg (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,066 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,019 Bloom residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloom.

1,019live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloom goes to work

Portsmouth12.8 mi away

20%210

Minford8.2 mi away

6%65

Wheelersburg8 mi away

5%54

Scioto20.2 mi away

4%41

South Webster1.4 mi away

3%28

New Boston12.1 mi away

2%25

Columbus83.2 mi away

2%24

Ashland, KY23.8 mi away

2%23

Jackson17.4 mi away

2%21

Bloom (in town)right here

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%556

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.

18%

46%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloom is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloom are

253 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

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bloom residents hold

1,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+19%

Jobs based in Bloom, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 253. 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.