Work & commute · Bowen

Work & commute in Bowen, IL

Most working residents leave Bowen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Carthage (12%), Macomb (11%) and Quincy (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 188 Bowen residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowen.

188live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowen goes to work

Carthage13 mi away

12%24

Macomb25.9 mi away

11%21

Quincy26.5 mi away

7%13

Mount Sterling23.2 mi away

6%11

Bowen (in town)right here

4%8

Augusta6 mi away

3%6

Peoria84 mi away

2%4

Springfield81 mi away

2%4

Keokuk, IA21.7 mi away

2%4

Carthage12.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%97

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

How far

How far Bowen commutes

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

10%

38%

20%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowen is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowen are

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

Jobs based in Bowen

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bowen residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Bowen, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 141. 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.