Work & commute · Bowmans Addition

Work & commute in Bowmans Addition, MD

Most working residents leave Bowmans Addition for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (37%), La Vale (7%) and Frostburg (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 199 Bowmans Addition residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowmans Addition.

199live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowmans Addition goes to work

Cumberland2.4 mi away

37%74

La Vale3.9 mi away

7%15

Frostburg9.5 mi away

3%6

Frederick73.6 mi away

2%5

Bel Air9 mi away

1%3

Bowmans Addition (in town)right here

1%3

Morgantown, WV63.5 mi away

1%2

Rossville123.5 mi away

1%2

Cockeysville114.1 mi away

1%2

Westernport20.6 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%89

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

How far

How far Bowmans Addition commutes

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

73%

20%

73%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowmans Addition is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowmans Addition are

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

Jobs based in Bowmans Addition

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Bowmans Addition residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+37%

Jobs based in Bowmans Addition, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 71. 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.