Bowdon vs Temple

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

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

Temple has the higher population (5,655 vs 2,284 in Bowdon). Temple has the higher median household income ($89,269 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Temple has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Temple
Population	2,284	5,655
Median age	39.2 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$89,269
Median home value	$172,700	$210,800
Median gross rent	$822	$1,482
Housing units	1,072	1,974
Homeownership rate	52.4%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Temple
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	4,549 → 5,655 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$58,594 → $89,269 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$122,100 → $210,800 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$881 → $1,482 (+68.2%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Temple

Population

4,5495,655

Median household income

$58,594$89,269

Median home value

$122,100$210,800

Median gross rent

$881$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Temple
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	25.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.1%	20.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.9%
75 and over	7.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	73.5%
Black or African American	12.7%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Temple
No high school diploma	26.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Temple
Drove alone	82.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Temple
1-unit, detached	63.1%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Temple
Poverty rate	27.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.32	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1976	2002