Barton vs Bowling Green

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Bowling Green: population, income, housing, and more.

Barton and Bowling Green are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowling Green has the higher population (1,096 vs 761 in Barton). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $54,063 in Barton). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $86,100 in Barton).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Bowling Green
Population	761	1,096
Median age	35.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$71,875
Median home value	$86,100	$123,600
Median gross rent	$917	$852
Housing units	285	616
Homeownership rate	84.1%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Bowling Green
Population	441 → 761 (+72.6%)	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,063 (+15.8%)	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $86,100 (+6.8%)	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $917 (+24.3%)	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)

Barton

Population

441761

Median household income

$46,667$54,063

Median home value

$80,600$86,100

Median gross rent

$738$917

Bowling Green

Population

1,2171,096

Median household income

$55,500$71,875

Median home value

$104,600$123,600

Median gross rent

$675$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Bowling Green
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	17.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	20.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.3%
75 and over	10.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Bowling Green
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Bowling Green
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.4%
High school graduate	54.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Bowling Green
Drove alone	73.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.3%
Other means	10.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Bowling Green
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Bowling Green
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.2%
Average household size	3.02	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1946	1959