Bowling Green vs Bowmans Addition

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

Bowling Green 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 1,096 in Bowling Green). Bowmans Addition has the higher median household income ($80,489 vs $71,875 in Bowling Green). Bowmans Addition has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $123,600 in Bowling Green).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
Population	1,096	1,149
Median age	43.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$80,489
Median home value	$123,600	$177,500
Median gross rent	$852	$1,290
Housing units	616	423
Homeownership rate	59.6%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
Population	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)	571 → 1,149 (+101.2%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)	$32,457 → $80,489 (+148.0%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)	$106,500 → $177,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)	$911 → $1,290 (+41.6%)

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

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)

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
Under 5	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	17.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.4%
75 and over	6.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
No high school diploma	0.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
Drove alone	81.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
1-unit, detached	66.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Bowmans Addition
Poverty rate	9.2%	29.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1959	1979