Town Point · Photo: Jack E. Boucher, photographer · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bowers works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Bowers itself; outside it, Dover draws the most (18%, 9 miles). 45 jobs are based in Bowers for 117 working residents. The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, next to 26 for Delaware and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Bowers
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Bowers on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Commuting out of Bowers: the destinations
Where Bowers clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowers, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 45. 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 Bowers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Delaware
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowers workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Bowers’ workers travel
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 Bowers: questions
What is the median household income in Bowers?
$67,500 (±$21,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowers?
11.9%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowers?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowers work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (18%, 9 mi), Milford (10%, 10 mi), Smyrna (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowers without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowers
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.