Bowdon vs Roopville

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

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

Bowdon has the higher population (2,284 vs 408 in Roopville). Roopville has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Roopville has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Roopville
Population	2,284	408
Median age	39.2 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$66,250
Median home value	$172,700	$183,300
Median gross rent	$822	$1,339
Housing units	1,072	122
Homeownership rate	52.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Roopville
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	264 → 408 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$54,875 → $66,250 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$137,500 → $183,300 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$775 → $1,339 (+72.8%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Roopville

Population

264408

Median household income

$54,875$66,250

Median home value

$137,500$183,300

Median gross rent

$775$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Roopville
Under 5	6.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	27.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	31.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	1.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	3.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Roopville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	12.7%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Roopville
No high school diploma	26.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	59.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Roopville
Drove alone	82.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Roopville
1-unit, detached	63.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Roopville
Poverty rate	27.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.32	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1976	1974