Work & commute · Bloomington

Work & commute in Bloomington, WI

Most working residents leave Bloomington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Prairie du Chien (18%), Bridgeport (8%) and Lancaster (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 155 Bloomington residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomington.

155live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomington goes to work

Prairie du Chien13.2 mi away

18%29

Bridgeport10.7 mi away

8%12

Lancaster15.3 mi away

7%11

Madison81 mi away

6%9

Bloomington4.2 mi away

5%8

Fennimore19.4 mi away

4%6

Patch Grove5.5 mi away

3%4

Bagley4.9 mi away

2%3

Boscobel24.1 mi away

2%3

Richland Center44.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%69

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

How far

How far Bloomington commutes

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

18%

47%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomington are

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

Jobs based in Bloomington

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Bloomington residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+34%

Jobs based in Bloomington, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 75. 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.