Bowling Green vs Potomac Park

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

Bowling Green and Potomac Park 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 974 in Potomac Park). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $49,330 in Potomac Park). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $122,600 in Potomac Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
Population	1,096	974
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$49,330
Median home value	$123,600	$122,600
Median gross rent	$852	$943
Housing units	616	453
Homeownership rate	59.6%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
Population	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)	818 → 974 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)	$46,625 → $49,330 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)	$101,000 → $122,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)	$728 → $943 (+29.5%)

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

Potomac Park

Population

818974

Median household income

$46,625$49,330

Median home value

$101,000$122,600

Median gross rent

$728$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	17.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	20.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.0%
75 and over	6.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
No high school diploma	0.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
Drove alone	81.4%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
1-unit, detached	66.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Potomac Park
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1959	1957