Work & commute · Bowmans Crossing

Work & commute in Bowmans Crossing, VA

Most working residents leave Bowmans Crossing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Woodstock (18%), Mount Jackson (7%) and Winchester (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 138 Bowmans Crossing residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowmans Crossing.

138live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowmans Crossing goes to work

Woodstock6.4 mi away

18%25

Mount Jackson5.3 mi away

7%10

Winchester34.2 mi away

6%9

Columbia Furnace5.5 mi away

6%8

Edinburg2.2 mi away

4%5

Strasburg19.2 mi away

2%3

Washington, DC84.9 mi away

1%2

New Market11.4 mi away

1%2

Manassas59.7 mi away

1%2

Alexandria81.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%71

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

How far

How far Bowmans Crossing commutes

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

43%

16%

35%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowmans Crossing is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowmans Crossing are

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

Jobs based in Bowmans Crossing

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Bowmans Crossing residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−15%

Jobs based in Bowmans Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 159. 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.