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Bowie, TX

5,617 Population
5.5 square miles 1,017.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Montague County: 44 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,868 ±$2,465 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montague County: $30,689 ±$1,892
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$57,299 ±$6,167 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montague County: $62,818 ±$4,686
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

16.8% ±8.1% (919  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montague County: 13.5% † 2,739 (±2.8% / ±575)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

36.1 minutes ±7.4 (68,760  ±16,918) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montague County: 31.2 226,860 (±2.6 / ±24,032)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,182 ±148 Number of households
  • Montague County: 8,142 ±249
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.2 (5,456  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montague County: 2.5 20,256 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

10.3% ±7.8% (126  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Montague County: 5.3% † 214 (±2.5% / ±102)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,564 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Montague County: 10,313 ±26
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$182,400 ±$20,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montague County: $189,400 ±$14,970
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

21.5% ±8.8% (1,184  ±487.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montague County: 12.1% † 2,469 (±2.9% / ±585.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

87% ±9.7% (3,107  ±383.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montague County: 86.9% 12,544 (±4.9% / ±708.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15.3% ±5% (546  ±180.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montague County: 17.8% † 2,576 (±2.3% / ±336.6)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

2% ±1.6% (112  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montague County: 3.3% 673
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

11% ±4% (442  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Montague County: 10.9% † 1,737 (±1.7% / ±269)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
442 Total veterans ±162 345 Male ±129 97 Female ±83

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