Bowdon vs Villa Rica

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

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

Villa Rica has the higher population (17,798 vs 2,284 in Bowdon). Villa Rica has the higher median household income ($86,052 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Villa Rica has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $172,700 in Bowdon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
Population	2,284	17,798
Median age	39.2 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$86,052
Median home value	$172,700	$250,700
Median gross rent	$822	$1,462
Housing units	1,072	6,725
Homeownership rate	52.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	15,392 → 17,798 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$63,241 → $86,052 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$162,800 → $250,700 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$1,071 → $1,462 (+36.5%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Villa Rica

Population

15,39217,798

Median household income

$63,241$86,052

Median home value

$162,800$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.4%
75 and over	7.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	38.6%
Black or African American	12.7%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
No high school diploma	26.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
Drove alone	82.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
1-unit, detached	63.1%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Villa Rica
Poverty rate	27.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1976	2003