Work & commute · Bowdle

Work & commute in Bowdle, SD

Most working residents leave Bowdle for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Roscoe (15%), Aberdeen (10%) and Hosmer (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

23 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 142 Bowdle residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowdle.

142live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowdle goes to work

Roscoe15.5 mi away

15%25

Bowdle (in town)right here

14%23

Aberdeen57.6 mi away

10%17

Hosmer12.5 mi away

5%9

Sioux Falls195.4 mi away

5%9

Bowdle1.6 mi away

3%5

Aberdeen55 mi away

2%4

Selby18.6 mi away

2%3

Ipswich30.4 mi away

2%3

Webster103.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%64

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

How far

How far Bowdle commutes

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

19%

28%

47%

19%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowdle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowdle are

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

Jobs based in Bowdle

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bowdle residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+55%

Jobs based in Bowdle, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 216. 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.