Work & commute · Bowers

Work & commute in Bowers, DE

Most working residents leave Bowers for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (18%), Milford (10%) and Smyrna (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Bowers residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowers.

117live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowers goes to work

Dover9.3 mi away

18%21

Milford10.5 mi away

10%12

Smyrna19.6 mi away

7%8

Newark46.6 mi away

2%2

Wilmington47.1 mi away

2%2

Middletown31.2 mi away

2%2

Philadelphia, PA67 mi away

2%2

Lincoln13.4 mi away

2%2

Glasgow41.6 mi away

2%2

Little Creek7.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%63

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

How far

How far Bowers commutes

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

29%

26%

31%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowers is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowers are

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

Jobs based in Bowers

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bowers residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1025%

Jobs based in Bowers, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 45. 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.