Work & commute · Bowne

Work & commute in Bowne, MI

Most working residents leave Bowne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (18%), Kentwood (7%) and Wyoming (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,545 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,489 Bowne residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 2,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowne.

1,489live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

2,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowne goes to work

Grand Rapids17.1 mi away

18%282

Kentwood11.8 mi away

7%112

Wyoming17.4 mi away

6%100

Cascade7.9 mi away

6%94

Caledonia6.3 mi away

6%88

Bowne (in town)right here

4%56

Ada12.4 mi away

3%48

Byron17.6 mi away

3%42

Lowell8.1 mi away

3%39

Lowell5.2 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%648

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

How far

How far Bowne commutes

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

24%

54%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowne are

2,063 jobs are based in Bowne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bowne

2,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bowne residents hold

1,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+169%

Jobs based in Bowne, 2011 → 2021: 767 → 2,063. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.