Bowdon vs Whitesburg

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

Bowdon and Whitesburg 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 439 in Whitesburg). Whitesburg has the higher median household income ($64,861 vs $44,674 in Bowdon). Bowdon has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $128,600 in Whitesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
Population	2,284	439
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,674	$64,861
Median home value	$172,700	$128,600
Median gross rent	$822	$752
Housing units	1,072	237
Homeownership rate	52.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
Population	2,565 → 2,284 (-11.0%)	727 → 439 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$32,923 → $44,674 (+35.7%)	$50,938 → $64,861 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $172,700 (+76.9%)	$92,200 → $128,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $822 (+19.5%)	$875 → $752 (-14.1%)

Bowdon

Population

2,5652,284

Median household income

$32,923$44,674

Median home value

$97,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$688$822

Whitesburg

Population

727439

Median household income

$50,938$64,861

Median home value

$92,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$875$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
Under 5	6.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	20.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	85.9%
Black or African American	12.7%	7.7%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	26.8%	20.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
Drove alone	82.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.7%
Other means	1.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	63.1%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowdon	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	27.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1976	1967