Cowan has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Cowan itself; outside it, Modesto draws the most (13%, 5 miles). Employers in Cowan report 14 jobs, and 119 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Cowan
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Cowan on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Cowan ends
Where Cowan clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Cowan’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cowan, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 14. 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 Cowan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cowan: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cowan workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Cowan, by distance
About 22% 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 Cowan: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cowan?
5.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cowan?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cowan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (13%, 5 mi), Ceres (12%, 3 mi), Turlock (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cowan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cowan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cowan
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.