Work & commute · Bloom

Work & commute in Bloom, OH

Most working residents leave Bloom for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Canal Winchester (6%) and Lancaster (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 4,689 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,518 Bloom residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloom.

4,518live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloom goes to work

Columbus18.4 mi away

36%1,685

Canal Winchester5.4 mi away

6%265

Lancaster9.4 mi away

6%261

Groveport8.5 mi away

3%146

Grove City17 mi away

2%113

Gahanna18.7 mi away

2%104

Bloom (in town)right here

2%92

Greenfield5.1 mi away

2%83

Pickerington7.5 mi away

2%81

New Albany21.5 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,781

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.

23%

53%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%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

1,134 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

1,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bloom residents hold

4,689 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+33%

Jobs based in Bloom, 2013 → 2023: 854 → 1,134. 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.