Bowling Green Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Bowling Green Township itself; outside it, Brunswick draws the most (18%, 8 miles). There are 6 jobs in Bowling Green Township; 39 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Bowling Green Township
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Bowling Green Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Bowling Green Township work
Where Bowling Green Township clocks in
8% 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.
Bowling Green Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowling Green Township, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowling Green Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bowling Green Township
of Bowling Green Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Half of Bowling Green Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bowling Green Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowling Green Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Chariton Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Brunswick Township | under 3% | D− | B+ | 20 min | $46,389 |
| Keytesville Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Keytesville | 10% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chariton Township and Keytesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Keytesville Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Keytesville. Darker towns draw more of Bowling Green Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bowling Green Township?
16.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bowling Green Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brunswick (18%, 8 mi), Keytesville (10%, 5 mi), Columbia (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bowling Green Township 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 Bowling Green Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowling Green Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.