Most of Bowmans Addition commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. Employers in Bowmans Addition report 71 jobs, against 202 working residents. Bowmans Addition grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bowmans Addition in brief
Most Bowmans Addition residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Bowmans Addition and Cumberland trade workers both ways
Cumberland is the top workplace for Bowmans Addition residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Bowmans Addition come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bowmans Addition are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 31 across Maryland. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maryland worker. Time on the road ↓
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 202 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Bowmans Addition’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bowmans Addition is better than 29% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bowmans Addition’s grade up ($82,475, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (29.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Bowmans Addition’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bowmans Addition could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Miles to work from Bowmans Addition
About 20% 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.
37% of working residents work in Cumberland
Where Bowmans Addition clocks in
37% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Bowmans Addition: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowmans Addition workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 400 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Bowmans Addition
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Bowmans Addition on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bowmans Addition
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowmans Addition, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 71. 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 Bowmans Addition’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Bowmans Addition, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bowmans Addition is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bowmans Addition near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 409 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Bowmans Addition households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bowmans Addition’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Bowmans Addition ranks 2,156th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Queen Anne MD | 1,443 | $103K | 4.0% | 19.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,154 | Friendship ME | 1,159 | $76K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 2,155 | Charenton LA | 1,440 | $63K | 12.3% | 2.5% | 5% | C |
| 2,156 | Bowmans Addition MD | 1,102 | $82K | 29.0% | 1.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,157 | Centerfield UT | 1,482 | $78K | 10.8% | 2.9% | 8% | C |
| 2,158 | Sumner ME | 1,006 | $58K | 5.8% | 2.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bowmans Addition, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Bowmans Addition and its neighbors: 37% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowmans Addition workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmans Addition | – | C | D− | 18 min | $82,475 |
| Cumberland | 37% | D | A | 19 min | $48,162 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cumberland. Darker towns draw more of Bowmans Addition’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 Bowmans Addition: questions
What is the median household income in Bowmans Addition?
$82,475 (±$6,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowmans Addition?
29.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowmans Addition?
18 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowmans Addition work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (37%, 2 mi), La Vale (7%, 4 mi), Frostburg (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bowmans Addition walkable?
Bowmans Addition is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bowmans Addition without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowmans Addition, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowmans Addition
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.