Bowman-Zirkle Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Bowmans Crossing
Hardly any work in Bowmans Crossing; the top destination outside it is Woodstock (18%, 6 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all (Virginia 18%). A typical one-way commute from Bowmans Crossing lasts 37 minutes (Virginia 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bowmans Crossing by day and by night
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 158 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 (1.14 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.
Out of Bowmans Crossing to work: where people go
Where Bowmans Crossing clocks in
18% 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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Bowmans Crossing
159 jobs are based in Bowmans Crossing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowmans Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 159. 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 Bowmans Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Bowmans Crossing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowmans Crossing workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Bowmans Crossing commutes
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.
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 Bowmans Crossing: questions
What is the median household income in Bowmans Crossing?
$62,404 (±$49,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowmans Crossing?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowmans Crossing?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowmans Crossing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodstock (18%, 6 mi), Mount Jackson (7%, 5 mi), Winchester (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowmans Crossing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowmans Crossing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowmans Crossing
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.