Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Bowbells at work: jobs, income and the commute
101 jobs are based in Bowbells; 117 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Bowbells for work; outside it, Powers Lake is the main destination (10%, 25 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bowbells, and who commutes in
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 97 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 (0.86 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.
Where Bowbells goes to work
Where Bowbells clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Bowbells
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowbells, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 101. 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 Bowbells’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Bowbells’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowbells workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 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 Bowbells goes to work
About 44% 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.
The towns around Bowbells
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowbells workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowbells | – | — | — | 27 min | $66,250 |
| Bowbells Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Minnesota Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bowbells Township and Minnesota Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bowbells’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 Bowbells: questions
What is the median household income in Bowbells?
$66,250 (±$45,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowbells?
14.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowbells?
27 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowbells work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Powers Lake (10%, 25 mi), Fargo (7%, 285 mi), Tioga (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowbells without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowbells, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowbells
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.