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Work & commute in Bowring · A commuter town

100% of Bowring’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Bowring for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bartlesville (33%), Tulsa (7%) and Oklahoma City (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 27 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than OK (9%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Bowring?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

33% of working residents work in Bartlesville

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Sedan: 1 residents work here (4%)Dewey: 1 residents work here (4%)Nowata: 1 residents work here (4%)Catoosa: 1 residents work here (4%)Skiatook: 1 residents work here (4%)Mustang: 1 residents work here (4%)Bartlesville: 9 residents work here (33%)Tulsa: 2 residents work here (7%)Enid: 1 residents work here (4%)Oklahoma City: 2 residents work here (7%)BowringBartlesvilleTulsaOklahoma CitySedanDeweyNowataBowring
1
Bartlesville13.6 mi away
33%9
2
Tulsa53.3 mi away
7%2
3
Oklahoma City124.7 mi away
7%2
4
Sedan, KS17.6 mi away
4%1
5
Dewey12 mi away
4%1
6
Nowata29.4 mi away
4%1
7
Catoosa52 mi away
4%1
8
Skiatook38 mi away
4%1
9
Mustang136.3 mi away
4%1
10
Enid102.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%7
The top trips

Where Bowring clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Bowring quiets down on a workday

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday77
100live here− 27head out to work+ 1come in to work= 77on a workday

About 77 people are in Bowring on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Bowring commutes less than 30 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBartlesville: 33% · 13.6 miTulsa: 7% · 53.3 miOklahoma City: 7% · 124.7 miSedan: 4% · 17.6 miDewey: 4% · 12 miNowata: 4% · 29.4 miCatoosa: 4% · 52 miSkiatook: 4% · 38 miMustang: 4% · 136.3 miEnid: 4% · 102.4 miBartlesville 33%Tulsa 7%Oklahoma City 7%Sedan 4%Dewey 4%Bowring
BowringTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi2 residents
41%10–24 mi11 residents
7%25–50 mi2 residents
44%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 44% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 1 jobs in Bowring are

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

Jobs based in BowringJobs Bowring residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities100%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%30%
Over $3,333 a month0%52%

Who does it

29 or younger100%37%
30 to 540%44%
55 and older0%19%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bowring

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Bowring workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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