Work & commute · Bowie

Work & commute in Bowie, AZ

Most working residents leave Bowie for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (7%), San Simon (7%) and Tucson (5%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Bowie residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowie.

124live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowie goes to work

Phoenix173.9 mi away

7%9

San Simon15.4 mi away

7%9

Bowie (in town)right here

6%8

Tucson81.9 mi away

5%6

Sahuarita90.8 mi away

4%5

Willcox21.1 mi away

3%4

Bisbee69.2 mi away

2%3

Lordsburg, NM45.7 mi away

2%3

Douglas64 mi away

2%2

Safford37.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%81

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bowie commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

12%

14%

48%

26%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowie is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowie are

39 jobs are based in Bowie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bowie

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Bowie residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+680%

Jobs based in Bowie, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 39. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.