Bloomfield is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,230 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Bloomfield is the 35th largest community in New Mexico.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bloomfield is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bloomfield is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomfield who work in sales jobs (17.53%), office and administrative support jobs (16.60%), and food service (7.49%).

Bloomfield is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Bloomfield isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.76% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Bloomfield is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Bloomfield Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Bloomfield is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 10.21% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bloomfield in 2000 was $14,424, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $57,696 for a family of four.

Bloomfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bloomfield is White, followed by Native American. Bloomfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.77% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Bloomfield include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Bloomfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Navajo.