Bloomington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 78,864 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Bloomington is the 13th largest community in Illinois.Bloomington is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bloomington is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington who work in office and administrative support (12.58%), management occupations (10.41%), and sales jobs (10.11%). 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: 14.86% 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bloomington spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.33 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.The education level of Bloomington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Bloomington, 46.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Bloomington in 2022 was $42,286, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,144 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.
