Barton vs Bowmans Addition

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Bowmans Addition: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowmans Addition has the higher population (1,149 vs 761 in Barton). Bowmans Addition has the higher median household income ($80,489 vs $54,063 in Barton). Bowmans Addition has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $86,100 in Barton).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
Population	761	1,149
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$80,489
Median home value	$86,100	$177,500
Median gross rent	$917	$1,290
Housing units	285	423
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
Population	441 → 761 (+72.6%)	571 → 1,149 (+101.2%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,063 (+15.8%)	$32,457 → $80,489 (+148.0%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $86,100 (+6.8%)	$106,500 → $177,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $917 (+24.3%)	$911 → $1,290 (+41.6%)

Barton

Population

441761

Median household income

$46,667$54,063

Median home value

$80,600$86,100

Median gross rent

$738$917

Bowmans Addition

Population

5711,149

Median household income

$32,457$80,489

Median home value

$106,500$177,500

Median gross rent

$911$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
Under 5	5.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	26.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.4%
75 and over	10.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.1%
High school graduate	54.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
Drove alone	73.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.8%
Other means	10.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
1-unit, detached	74.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Bowmans Addition
Poverty rate	10.1%	29.9%
Average household size	3.02	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1946	1979