Work & commute · Bowlesville

Work & commute in Bowlesville, IL

Most working residents leave Bowlesville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (11%), Eldorado (8%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 66 Bowlesville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowlesville.

66live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowlesville goes to work

Harrisburg20 mi away

11%7

Eldorado17.8 mi away

8%5

Marion40.8 mi away

6%4

Shawneetown5.8 mi away

5%3

Ridgway11.7 mi away

5%3

Golconda24.3 mi away

3%2

Equality10.3 mi away

3%2

Grayville44.4 mi away

3%2

Carmi31.3 mi away

3%2

Decatur158.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%34

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

How far

How far Bowlesville commutes

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

16%

29%

23%

32%

16%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowlesville is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowlesville are

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

Jobs based in Bowlesville

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bowlesville residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+30%

Jobs based in Bowlesville, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 13. 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.