About Bloomington Springs

Bloomington Springs is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,225 people and just one neighborhood, Bloomington Springs is the 295th largest community in Tennessee.

When you are in Bloomington Springs, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.8% of Bloomington Springs's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Bloomington Springs is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington Springs who work in sales jobs (12.81%), office and administrative support jobs (9.60%), and food service (4.14%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 downside of living in Bloomington Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.46 minutes every day commuting to work.

Bloomington Springs is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Bloomington Springs, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.34% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Bloomington Springs 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 Springs Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Bloomington Springs ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 6.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bloomington Springs in 2000 was $13,519, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $54,076 for a family of four.

The people who call Bloomington Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bloomington Springs is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomington Springs include Irish, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Bloomington Springs is English.