Work & commute · Bowling Green

Work & commute in Bowling Green, VA

Most working residents leave Bowling Green for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericksburg (7%), Richmond (4%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 523 Bowling Green residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 843 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowling Green.

523live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

843work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowling Green goes to work

Fredericksburg18.6 mi away

7%38

Richmond36.7 mi away

4%23

Bowling Green (in town)right here

4%20

Arlington58.6 mi away

3%16

Washington, DC61.5 mi away

3%15

Ashland21.3 mi away

2%10

Norfolk98.7 mi away

2%9

Virginia Beach114 mi away

1%6

Newport News81.3 mi away

1%5

Innsbrook30.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%396

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.

14%

32%

23%

31%

14%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowling Green is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowling Green are

863 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

863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bowling Green residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+29%

Jobs based in Bowling Green, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 863. 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.