Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bowers works elsewhere
20 jobs are based in Bowers, against 154 working residents. Hardly any work in Bowers; the top destination outside it is Maxatawny Township (14%, 3 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bowers, and who commutes in
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Bowers on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Commuting out of Bowers: the destinations
Where Bowers clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Bowers: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowers, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 20. 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 Bowers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bowers
of Bowers workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 it is to work from Bowers
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.
Around Bowers: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers | – | — | — | — | $72,656 |
| Rockland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $110,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bowers’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 Bowers: questions
What is the median household income in Bowers?
$72,656 (±$55,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowers?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bowers work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maxatawny Township (14%, 3 mi), Kutztown (6%, 3 mi), Upper Macungie Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowers 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 Bowers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowers
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.