Work & commute · Bowman

Work & commute in Bowman, ND

42% of Bowman’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bowman (12%), Dickinson (6%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

286 of 673 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 387 Bowman residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 478 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowman.

387live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

478work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowman goes to work

Bowman (in town)right here

42%286

Bowman2.6 mi away

12%83

Dickinson56.8 mi away

6%38

Fargo315.9 mi away

4%27

Scranton12.7 mi away

3%17

Hettinger38.9 mi away

2%15

Bismarck132.6 mi away

2%15

Judson137.7 mi away

2%14

Williston139 mi away

2%11

Minot173.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%157

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

How far

How far Bowman commutes

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

56%

34%

56%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowman are

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

Jobs based in Bowman

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Bowman residents hold

673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−19%

Jobs based in Bowman, 2013 → 2023: 939 → 764. 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.