Bloomington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 78,587 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Bloomington is the 13th largest community in Illinois.Bloomington is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bloomington is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), management occupations (10.77%), and business and financial occupations (10.05%). Also of interest is that Bloomington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.35% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One of the benefits of Bloomington is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.66 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Bloomington are among the most well-educated in the nation: 48.93% of adults in Bloomington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bloomington in 2022 was $44,142, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $176,568 for a family of four. However, Bloomington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bloomington is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. 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 German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bloomington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
