Work & commute · Bloomer

Work & commute in Bloomer, WI

About one in 4 of Bloomer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (18%), Chippewa Falls (10%) and Lake Hallie (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

391 of 1,665 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,274 Bloomer residents head out of town to work, 391 work right here, and 1,740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomer.

1,274live here, work elsewhere

391live and work here

1,740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomer goes to work

Bloomer (in town)right here

23%391

Eau Claire19.7 mi away

18%308

Chippewa Falls12.6 mi away

10%168

Lake Hallie15.2 mi away

4%60

Woodmohr1.9 mi away

3%47

Menomonie25.2 mi away

3%46

Altoona21.1 mi away

2%33

La Crosse89.3 mi away

2%29

Union21.1 mi away

2%25

Madison172.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%538

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.

31%

45%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomer are

2,131 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

2,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bloomer residents hold

1,665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Bloomer, 2013 → 2023: 1,888 → 2,131. 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.