Work & commute · Bowdon

Work & commute in Bowdon, GA

Most working residents leave Bowdon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (26%), Atlanta (6%) and Bremen (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 997 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 938 Bowdon residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowdon.

938live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowdon goes to work

Carrollton10.3 mi away

26%264

Bowdon (in town)right here

6%59

Atlanta50.3 mi away

6%58

Bremen13.3 mi away

3%30

Villa Rica23.4 mi away

3%27

Tallapoosa13.9 mi away

2%20

Sandy Springs57.7 mi away

2%18

Douglasville34.6 mi away

2%17

Temple18.8 mi away

1%14

Marietta50 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%477

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

How far

How far Bowdon commutes

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

16%

36%

18%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowdon is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowdon are

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

Jobs based in Bowdon

557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Bowdon residents hold

997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−55%

Jobs based in Bowdon, 2013 → 2023: 1,235 → 557. 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.