Bowdon vs Carrollton

A side-by-side comparison of Bowdon and Carrollton: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowdon and Carrollton are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carrollton has the higher population (27,058 vs 2,284 in Bowdon). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($51,553 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Carrollton
Population	2,284	27,058
Median age	39.2 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$51,553
Median home value	$172,700	$283,100
Median gross rent	$822	$1,067
Housing units	1,072	10,708
Homeownership rate	52.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Carrollton
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	26,570 → 27,058 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$42,942 → $51,553 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$155,300 → $283,100 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$845 → $1,067 (+26.3%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Carrollton

Population

26,57027,058

Median household income

$42,942$51,553

Median home value

$155,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Carrollton
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	13.0%	22.7%
25 to 34	5.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.9%
75 and over	7.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Carrollton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	49.3%
Black or African American	12.7%	36.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Carrollton
No high school diploma	26.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Carrollton
Drove alone	82.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.8%	5.2%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Carrollton
1-unit, detached	63.1%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	20.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Carrollton
Poverty rate	27.0%	27.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1976	1988