Work & commute · Bowling

Work & commute in Bowling, IL

Most working residents leave Bowling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (17%), Davenport (13%) and Moline (13%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,510 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,493 Bowling residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowling.

1,493live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowling goes to work

Rock Island6.9 mi away

17%252

Davenport, IA12.8 mi away

13%200

Moline9.7 mi away

13%196

Milan5 mi away

5%75

East Moline15.4 mi away

4%58

Muscatine, IA24 mi away

4%54

Bettendorf, IA15.1 mi away

3%51

Chicago154.4 mi away

2%28

Hampton15.7 mi away

2%26

Edgington8.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%551

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

How far

How far Bowling commutes

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

42%

34%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowling is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowling are

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

Jobs based in Bowling

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Bowling residents hold

1,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+95%

Jobs based in Bowling, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 121. 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.