Work, pay and getting to work in Bowling Green
The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 11% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. There are 314 jobs in Bowling Green for 320 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bowling Green apart on work
Bowling Green makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Bowling Green are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bowling Green residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bowling Green are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
Bowling Green and Cumberland trade workers both ways
Cumberland is the top workplace for Bowling Green residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Bowling Green come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 320 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
72% of the jobs in Bowling Green make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowling Green, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 314. 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 Bowling Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bowling Green, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowling Green workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 445 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
31% of working residents work in Cumberland
Where Bowling Green clocks in
31% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
How many people are in Bowling Green by day
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Bowling Green, by distance
About 32% 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.
31% of Bowling Green works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowling Green workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | – | — | — | 15 min | $76,140 |
| Potomac Park | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Cumberland | 31% | D | A | 19 min | $48,162 |
Same-state neighbors only. Potomac Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cumberland. Darker towns draw more of Bowling Green’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bowling Green: questions
What is the median household income in Bowling Green?
$76,140 (±$9,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowling Green?
7.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowling Green?
15 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowling Green work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (31%, 3 mi), La Vale (4%, 3 mi), Frostburg (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowling Green without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowling Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowling Green
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.