Work & commute · Bowling Green

Work & commute in Bowling Green, FL

Most working residents leave Bowling Green for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wauchula (12%), Bartow (5%) and Lakeland (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 935 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 902 Bowling Green residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowling Green.

902live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowling Green goes to work

Wauchula6.3 mi away

12%116

Bartow17.2 mi away

5%47

Bowling Green (in town)right here

4%33

Lakeland29.9 mi away

2%22

Fort Myers70.5 mi away

2%18

Miami162.8 mi away

2%16

Fort Meade8.9 mi away

1%13

Winter Haven28.8 mi away

1%13

Orlando65.3 mi away

1%13

Sebring25.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%633

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

How far

How far Bowling Green commutes

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

26%

19%

21%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowling Green is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowling Green are

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

Jobs based in Bowling Green

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Bowling Green residents hold

935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−8%

Jobs based in Bowling Green, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 201. 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.

Work & commute in Bowling Green, FL

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Bowling Green goes to work

How far Bowling Green commutes

Bowling Green is a commuter town

What the jobs in Bowling Green are

Jobs based in Bowling Green

Jobs Bowling Green residents hold

How to read this page

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