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Bowie, MD

57,922 Population
20.4 square miles 2,834.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$57,492 ±$1,873 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $59,587 ±$337
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $49,865 ±$225
$138,797 ±$5,988 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $119,803 ±$706
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $98,461 ±$511

3.5% ±0.8% (1,977  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.7% 483,993 (±0.2% / ±10,114)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.3% 558,567 (±0.2% / ±12,491)

36.1 minutes ±0.9 (898,150  ±50,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33.7 91,478,190 (±0.1 / ±462,490)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 32 84,650,040 (±0.1 / ±434,310)

Families

20,875 ±512 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,361,858 ±4,124
  • Maryland: 2,318,124 ±4,316
2.8 ±0.1 (57,388  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.7 6,252,458
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,035,558

5% ±1.6% (634  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,767 (±0.1% / ±2,172)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,091 (±0.2% / ±2,150)

Housing

21,359 ±518 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,500,311 ±409
  • Maryland: 2,531,075 ±419

$419,200 ±$8,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $513,300 ±$2,492
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $380,500 ±$1,357

9.8% ±1.8% (5,632  ±1,036.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14% 879,844 (±0.2% / ±11,346.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 12.3% 751,737 (±0.2% / ±12,525.6)

Social

94.3% ±3.3% (39,302  ±1,549.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.7% 3,989,829 (±0.4% / ±15,926)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,876,178 (±0.4% / ±15,701.8)
49.3% ±2.4% (20,525  ±1,061.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53% 2,305,743 (±0.3% / ±11,794.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 42.2% 1,798,746 (±0.2% / ±10,315.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.9% ±1.8% (9,217  ±1,011) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 23.2% 1,469,883
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 15.7% 965,638

9.7% ±1.1% (4,405  ±506) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.6% 370,649 (±0.1% / ±4,223)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 7.2% 345,104 (±0.1% / ±4,918)
4,405 Total veterans ±506 3,550 Male ±441 855 Female ±195

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