Fort Bowie National Historic Site · Photo: SonoranDesertNPS from Tucson, Arizona · CC BY 2.0Bowie has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% work in Bowie; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (7%, 174 miles). There are 39 jobs in Bowie; 132 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bowie, and who commutes in
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Bowie on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Bowie ends
Where Bowie clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 54% of the jobs in Bowie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowie, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 39. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bowie: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowie workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Bowie
About 48% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bowie: questions
What is the median household income in Bowie?
$40,625 (±$21,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowie?
44.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowie?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowie work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (7%, 174 mi), San Simon (7%, 15 mi), Tucson (5%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.