Work & commute · Bowling Green

Work & commute in Bowling Green, OH

About one in 3 of Bowling Green’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Toledo (10%), Findlay (4%) and Perrysburg (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

3,721 of 11,006 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,285 Bowling Green residents head out of town to work, 3,721 work right here, and 11,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowling Green.

7,285live here, work elsewhere

3,721live and work here

11,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowling Green goes to work

Bowling Green (in town)right here

34%3,721

Toledo20.1 mi away

10%1,150

Findlay22.8 mi away

4%397

Perrysburg11.2 mi away

4%390

Maumee13.7 mi away

3%290

Perrysburg11.2 mi away

2%259

Columbus102.3 mi away

2%230

Sylvania22.2 mi away

1%150

Cincinnati161.1 mi away

1%120

Monclova14 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,190

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

How far

How far Bowling Green commutes

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

38%

34%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowling Green is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowling Green are

15,553 jobs are based in Bowling Green. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowling Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bowling Green

15,553 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bowling Green residents hold

11,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+5%

Jobs based in Bowling Green, 2013 → 2023: 14,743 → 15,553. 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.