Work & commute · Bowmanstown

Work & commute in Bowmanstown, PA

Most working residents leave Bowmanstown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Palmerton (6%), Allentown (6%) and Bethlehem (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 443 Bowmanstown residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowmanstown.

443live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowmanstown goes to work

Palmerton2.3 mi away

6%28

Allentown17.3 mi away

6%27

Bethlehem19.5 mi away

6%26

Upper Macungie16.2 mi away

4%19

North Whitehall9.5 mi away

4%19

Lower Towamensing4.8 mi away

4%18

Salisbury18.6 mi away

3%12

Fountain Hill19.5 mi away

2%11

Slatington4.2 mi away

2%11

Whitehall12.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%264

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

How far

How far Bowmanstown commutes

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

25%

45%

12%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowmanstown is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowmanstown are

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

Jobs based in Bowmanstown

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Bowmanstown residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−83%

Jobs based in Bowmanstown, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 16. 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.