Work & commute · Bowie

Work & commute in Bowie, TX

Most working residents leave Bowie for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (9%), Decatur (5%) and Wichita Falls (4%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

502 of 2,698 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 2,196 Bowie residents head out of town to work, 502 work right here, and 1,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowie.

2,196live here, work elsewhere

502live and work here

1,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowie goes to work

Bowie (in town)right here

19%502

Fort Worth60.8 mi away

9%235

Decatur27.3 mi away

5%143

Wichita Falls45.9 mi away

4%105

Denton46.9 mi away

3%78

Dallas81.7 mi away

2%54

Irving70 mi away

2%52

Bridgeport24.1 mi away

1%40

Gainesville40.6 mi away

1%38

Nocona17 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,415

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

How far

How far Bowie commutes

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

25%

24%

45%

25%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowie are

2,060 jobs are based in Bowie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bowie

2,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bowie residents hold

2,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−20%

Jobs based in Bowie, 2013 → 2023: 2,586 → 2,060. 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.