Overview Bloomington is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,082 people and just one neighborhood, Bloomington is the 632nd largest community in Texas. Occupations and Workforce When you are in Bloomington, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.91% of Bloomington鈥檚 employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bloomington is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington who work in sales jobs (11.76%), maintenance occupations (8.82%), and office and administrative support (8.40%). A relatively large number of people in Bloomington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bloomington has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bloomington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bloomington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bloomington may be for you. In Bloomington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.23 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Bloomington is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Bloomington Demographics In terms of college education, Bloomington ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.70% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bloomington in 2022 was $21,661, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,644 for a family of four. However, Bloomington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bloomington also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.75% of its population below the federal poverty line. Bloomington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bloomington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bloomington, accounting for 74.73% of the town鈥檚 residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bloomington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomington include English, Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Bloomington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.