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The most common industries in Bluford are: Plastics & rubber products (9.0% of civilian employees), Health care (8.7% of civilian employees), Truck transportation (7.4% of civilian employees). 77.0% of workers work in Jefferson County and 3.1% of all workers work at home. 61.7% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 10.8% less than the rate of 68.3% across the entire state of Illinois.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Bluford, Illinois was 785 / 547
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Bluford, Illinois was 785 / 547
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
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Industry | All | Males | Females |
Plastics and rubber products | 9.0% (29) | 15.0% (27) | 1.4% (2) |
Health care | 8.7% (28) | 0.0% (0) | 19.6% (28) |
Truck transportation | 7.4% (24) | 11.7% (21) | 2.1% (3) |
Accommodation and food services | 6.8% (22) | 4.4% (8) | 9.8% (14) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 6.2% (20) | 7.8% (14) | 4.2% (6) |
Construction | 5.6% (18) | 10.0% (18) | 0.0% (0) |
Transportation equipment | 4.0% (13) | 3.9% (7) | 4.2% (6) |
Educational services | 3.7% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 8.4% (12) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.4% (11) | 2.2% (4) | 4.9% (7) |
Food and beverage stores | 3.1% (10) | 2.2% (4) | 4.2% (6) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.8% (9) | 3.9% (7) | 1.4% (2) |
Public administration | 2.8% (9) | 3.3% (6) | 2.1% (3) |
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 2.5% (8) | 3.3% (6) | 1.4% (2) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 2.5% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 5.6% (8) |
Social assistance | 2.5% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 5.6% (8) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 2.5% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 5.6% (8) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.9% (6) | 2.2% (4) | 1.4% (2) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 1.9% (6) | 2.2% (4) | 1.4% (2) |
Repair and maintenance | 1.9% (6) | 3.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Personal and laundry services | 1.9% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 4.2% (6) |
Machinery | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 1.2% (4) | 2.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.9% (3) | 1.7% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Apparel | 0.9% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (3) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (3) | 1.7% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Warehousing and storage | 0.9% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (3) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 0.9% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (3) |
Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (3) | 1.7% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.6% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (2) |
Metal and metal products | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Wood products | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Gasoline stations | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.6% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (2) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.6% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (2) |
Finance and insurance | 0.6% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (2) |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.3% (1) | 0.6% (1) | 0.0% (0) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.3% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (1) |
Unemployment in Bluford
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 1.1%Males
- 7.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 100.0%Males
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 3.8%Males
- 11.7%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 3.6% (10) |
Illinois: | 6.0% (313,385) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Bluford: | 6.9% (18) |
Illinois: | 4.3% (226,583) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 12.3% (33) |
Illinois: | 4.9% (254,951) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Bluford: | 11.0% (29) |
Illinois: | 8.9% (466,416) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 4.5% (12) |
Illinois: | 9.3% (484,300) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Bluford: | 17.5% (47) |
Illinois: | 14.3% (746,798) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 7.2% (19) |
Illinois: | 11.5% (597,236) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Bluford: | 11.8% (31) |
Illinois: | 11.2% (585,810) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 5.9% (16) |
Illinois: | 5.2% (271,981) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 1.5% (4) |
Illinois: | 6.0% (310,820) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Bluford: | 0.8% (2) |
Illinois: | 2.9% (153,745) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Bluford: | 11.6% (31) |
Illinois: | 7.6% (397,128) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Bluford: | 4.9% (13) |
Illinois: | 6.3% (328,692) |
<5am:
Bluford: | 4.4% (14) |
Illinois: | 3.6% (205,429) |
5:30am:
Bluford: | 1.6% (5) |
Illinois: | 3.5% (199,483) |
6am:
Bluford: | 9.1% (29) |
Illinois: | 4.8% (274,395) |
6:30am:
Bluford: | 10.1% (32) |
Illinois: | 9.3% (532,224) |
7am:
Bluford: | 11.0% (35) |
Illinois: | 10.3% (593,196) |
7:30am:
Bluford: | 6.0% (19) |
Illinois: | 14.1% (808,399) |
8am:
Bluford: | 14.2% (45) |
Illinois: | 14.5% (834,444) |
8:30am:
Bluford: | 15.7% (50) |
Illinois: | 10.2% (588,282) |
9am:
Bluford: | 4.1% (13) |
Illinois: | 4.6% (266,648) |
10am:
Bluford: | 3.8% (12) |
Illinois: | 4.7% (269,854) |
11am:
Bluford: | 3.8% (12) |
Illinois: | 2.1% (118,418) |
12pm:
Bluford: | 0.3% (1) |
Illinois: | 1.0% (59,913) |
4pm:
Bluford: | 8.5% (27) |
Illinois: | 7.4% (425,049) |
>4pm:
Bluford: | 7.5% (24) |
Illinois: | 6.8% (393,506) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 1.7% (2) |
Illinois: | 7.8% (217,984) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 12.5% (16) |
Illinois: | 5.9% (165,953) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 15.3% (19) |
Illinois: | 6.1% (170,969) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 6.5% (8) |
Illinois: | 10.5% (292,003) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 9.7% (12) |
Illinois: | 9.4% (261,362) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 11.1% (14) |
Illinois: | 12.9% (360,098) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 7.0% (9) |
Illinois: | 9.5% (265,464) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 17.5% (22) |
Illinois: | 10.1% (280,890) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 2.3% (3) |
Illinois: | 5.1% (141,789) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 1.6% (2) |
Illinois: | 2.6% (72,802) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 5.4% (7) |
Illinois: | 8.0% (224,733) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Males:
Bluford: | 9.1% (11) |
Illinois: | 6.4% (179,820) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 5.3% (7) |
Illinois: | 3.9% (95,401) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 1.9% (3) |
Illinois: | 2.5% (60,630) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 9.5% (13) |
Illinois: | 3.5% (83,982) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 15.3% (22) |
Illinois: | 7.2% (174,413) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 23.6% (33) |
Illinois: | 16.0% (386,700) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 7.3% (10) |
Illinois: | 13.7% (331,772) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 6.9% (10) |
Illinois: | 12.6% (304,920) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 11.2% (16) |
Illinois: | 6.2% (149,881) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 0.7% (1) |
Illinois: | 7.0% (169,031) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 16.5% (23) |
Illinois: | 7.1% (172,395) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Females:
Bluford: | 1.3% (2) |
Illinois: | 6.2% (148,872) |
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 77.0%
Number of people working at home: 9 (3.1% of all workers)
Number of people working at home: 9 (3.1% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
Bluford: | 1.9% (6) |
Illinois: | 3.2% (183,600) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Bluford: | 4.1% (13) |
Illinois: | 10.2% (587,746) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Bluford: | 5.7% (18) |
Illinois: | 12.9% (743,149) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Bluford: | 19.5% (62) |
Illinois: | 13.0% (748,578) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Bluford: | 29.9% (95) |
Illinois: | 12.2% (703,743) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Bluford: | 8.5% (27) |
Illinois: | 5.2% (298,361) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Bluford: | 17.3% (55) |
Illinois: | 12.9% (741,188) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Bluford: | 0.6% (2) |
Illinois: | 2.9% (165,521) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Bluford: | 0.3% (1) |
Illinois: | 4.3% (244,350) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Bluford: | 9.4% (30) |
Illinois: | 9.6% (551,290) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Bluford: | 1.3% (4) |
Illinois: | 7.5% (432,921) |
90 or more minutes:
Bluford: | 1.6% (5) |
Illinois: | 2.9% (168,793) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Bluford: | 81.1% (258) |
Illinois: | 73.2% (4,207,339) |
Carpooled:
Bluford: | 15.4% (49) |
Illinois: | 10.9% (625,411) |
Bus or trolley bus:
Bluford: | 1.3% (4) |
Illinois: | 3.6% (207,517) |
Other means:
Bluford: | 2.2% (7) |
Illinois: | 0.7% (37,823) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Bluford: | 82.9% (221) |
Illinois: | 89.3% (4,089,987) |
In 2 person carpool:
Bluford: | 9.8% (26) |
Illinois: | 7.9% (361,887) |
In 3 person carpool:
Bluford: | 7.3% (19) |
Illinois: | 1.7% (77,481) |
Drove alone:
Bluford: | 84.0% (258) |
Illinois: | 87.1% (4,207,339) |
In 2 person carpool:
Bluford: | 12.4% (38) |
Illinois: | 10.0% (484,652) |
In 3 person carpool:
Bluford: | 3.6% (11) |
Illinois: | 1.7% (84,139) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Bluford: | 61.7% (177) |
Illinois: | 68.3% (4,298,982) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Bluford: | 3.5% (10) |
Illinois: | 4.3% (267,866) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Bluford: | 20.9% (60) |
Illinois: | 9.5% (597,909) |
Local government workers:
Bluford: | 5.2% (15) |
Illinois: | 7.8% (491,805) |
State government workers:
Bluford: | 2.1% (6) |
Illinois: | 3.3% (207,590) |
Federal government workers:
Bluford: | 1.4% (4) |
Illinois: | 1.9% (122,680) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Bluford: | 5.2% (15) |
Illinois: | 4.7% (295,989) |
Employee of private company:
Bluford: | 77.4% (250) |
Illinois: | 70.3% (4,102,786) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Bluford: | 1.2% (4) |
Illinois: | 3.2% (184,981) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Bluford: | 8.7% (28) |
Illinois: | 8.3% (484,163) |
Local government workers:
Bluford: | 5.3% (17) |
Illinois: | 6.8% (395,132) |
Federal government workers:
Bluford: | 0.9% (3) |
Illinois: | 2.1% (121,776) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Bluford: | 5.9% (19) |
Illinois: | 5.3% (307,691) |
Unpaid family workers:
Bluford: | 0.6% (2) |
Illinois: | 0.3% (15,661) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Bluford: | 68.7% (92) |
Illinois: | 72.3% (2,390,375) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Bluford: | 7.5% (10) |
Illinois: | 5.4% (179,821) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Bluford: | 6.7% (9) |
Illinois: | 6.2% (205,628) |
Local government workers - Males:
Bluford: | 7.5% (10) |
Illinois: | 5.9% (193,630) |
State government workers - Males:
Bluford: | 3.7% (5) |
Illinois: | 3.0% (98,934) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Bluford: | 6.0% (8) |
Illinois: | 5.1% (167,665) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Bluford: | 55.6% (85) |
Illinois: | 63.9% (1,908,607) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Bluford: | 33.3% (51) |
Illinois: | 13.1% (392,281) |
Local government workers - Females:
Bluford: | 3.3% (5) |
Illinois: | 10.0% (298,175) |
State government workers - Females:
Bluford: | 0.7% (1) |
Illinois: | 3.6% (108,656) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Bluford: | 2.6% (4) |
Illinois: | 1.9% (57,838) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Bluford: | 4.6% (7) |
Illinois: | 4.3% (128,324) |