Photo: Justin Felder · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bowman commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way (South Carolina 26, U.S. 26). 42 jobs are based in Bowman for 324 working residents. Only 1% stay in Bowman for work; outside it, North Charleston is the main destination (9%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bowman
Bowman’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bowman is North Charleston, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (30) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bowman is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Bowman, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bowman has about 490 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 324 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bowman
About 35% 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.
In and out of Bowman on a workday
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Bowman on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The towns that employ Bowman’s residents
Where Bowman clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Bowman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowman, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 42. 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 Bowman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bowman, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowman workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 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.
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 Bowman: questions
What is the median household income in Bowman?
$35,347 (±$15,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowman?
37.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowman?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowman work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (9%, 47 mi), Orangeburg (6%, 14 mi), Charleston (3%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowman
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.