Bowdon vs Mount Zion

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

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

Both have a population of 2,284. Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($53,657 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
Population	2,284	2,284
Median age	39.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$53,657
Median home value	$172,700	$217,200
Median gross rent	$822	$1,298
Housing units	1,072	784
Homeownership rate	52.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	2,005 → 2,284 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$54,556 → $53,657 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$112,600 → $217,200 (+92.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$929 → $1,298 (+39.7%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Mount Zion

Population

2,0052,284

Median household income

$54,556$53,657

Median home value

$112,600$217,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
Under 5	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	17.4%
75 and over	7.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	12.7%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
No high school diploma	26.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
Drove alone	82.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
1-unit, detached	63.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Mount Zion
Poverty rate	27.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.32	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1976	1992