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Jobs & commute in Bowmore

Bowmore has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 22% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. There are 1 jobs in Bowmore for 18 working residents. Hardly any work in Bowmore; the top destination outside it is Raeford (17%, 5 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Bowmore

On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

18live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night88
Workday71
88live here− 18head out to work+ 1come in to work= 71on a workday

About 71 people are in Bowmore on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 map

Where the trip to work from Bowmore ends

Raeford: 3 residents work here (17%)Elizabethtown: 1 residents work here (6%)Southern Pines: 2 residents work here (11%)Lumberton: 1 residents work here (6%)Charlotte: 2 residents work here (11%)Winston-Salem: 1 residents work here (6%)Greensboro: 1 residents work here (6%)Governors Village: 1 residents work here (6%)BowmoreRaefordSouthern PinesCharlotteElizabethtownLumbertonWinston-SalemBowmore
1
Raeford5.1 mi away
17%3
2
Southern Pines18.8 mi away
11%2
3
Charlotte88.6 mi away
11%2
4
Elizabethtown45 mi away
6%1
5
Lumberton26.5 mi away
6%1
6
Winston-Salem97.1 mi away
6%1
7
Greensboro85.3 mi away
6%1
8
Governors Village65.2 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%6
The top trips

Where Bowmore clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bowmore

Jobs based in BowmoreJobs Bowmore residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices100%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%39%
Over $3,333 a month0%50%

Who does it

29 or younger100%17%
30 to 540%39%
55 and older0%44%

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 Bowmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bowmore

Working from home
23%

of Bowmore workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Bowmore gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 31 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.

How far

How many miles Bowmore commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRaeford: 17% · 5.1 miSouthern Pines: 11% · 18.8 miCharlotte: 11% · 88.6 miElizabethtown: 6% · 45 miLumberton: 6% · 26.5 miWinston-Salem: 6% · 97.1 miGreensboro: 6% · 85.3 miGovernors Village: 6% · 65.2 miRaeford 17%Southern Pines 11%Charlotte 11%Elizabethtown 6%Lumberton 6%Bowmore
BowmoreTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi4 residents
17%10–24 mi3 residents
33%25–50 mi6 residents
28%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 28% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bowmore: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bowmore?

38.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bowmore work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raeford (17%, 5 mi), Southern Pines (11%, 19 mi), Charlotte (11%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bowmore 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 Bowmore, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Bowmore

Bowmore home →

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.