Work & commute · Bloomer

Work & commute in Bloomer, WI

Most working residents leave Bloomer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (14%), Bloomer (13%) and Chippewa Falls (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Bloomer residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomer.

396live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomer goes to work

Eau Claire24 mi away

14%59

Bloomer4.5 mi away

13%53

Chippewa Falls16.3 mi away

10%39

Menomonie29 mi away

3%12

Bloomer (in town)right here

3%11

Lake Hallie19.2 mi away

2%10

Cornell15.1 mi away

2%9

Eagle Point9.5 mi away

2%9

Chetek14 mi away

2%8

Barron24.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%189

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

How far

How far Bloomer commutes

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

22%

36%

17%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomer is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomer are

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

Jobs based in Bloomer

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bloomer residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−33%

Jobs based in Bloomer, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 171. 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.