Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Bowler, WI
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Bowler itself; outside it, Shawano draws the most (18%, 20 miles). 88 jobs are based in Bowler, and 122 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bowler by day
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Bowler on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Bowler work
Where Bowler clocks in
18% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bowler
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowler, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 88. 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 Bowler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bowler: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowler workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The distance from Bowler to work
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.
Bowler and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | – | — | — | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Almon | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Seneca | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Morris | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bartelme | 14% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Almon, Morris and Bartelme: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Seneca: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bartelme. Darker towns draw more of Bowler’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 Bowler: questions
What is the median household income in Bowler?
$53,750 (±$29,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowler?
20.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowler?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowler work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shawano (18%, 20 mi), Bartelme (14%, 4 mi), Menominee (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowler
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.