Bowmans Addition vs Cresaptown

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

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

Cresaptown has the higher population (5,238 vs 1,149 in Bowmans Addition). Bowmans Addition has the higher median household income ($80,489 vs $53,804 in Cresaptown). Bowmans Addition has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $148,400 in Cresaptown).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
Population	1,149	5,238
Median age	32.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,489	$53,804
Median home value	$177,500	$148,400
Median gross rent	$1,290	$838
Housing units	423	1,214
Homeownership rate	81.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
Population	571 → 1,149 (+101.2%)	5,916 → 5,238 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$32,457 → $80,489 (+148.0%)	$46,046 → $53,804 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $177,500 (+66.7%)	$138,800 → $148,400 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,290 (+41.6%)	$721 → $838 (+16.2%)

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

Cresaptown

Population

5,9165,238

Median household income

$46,046$53,804

Median home value

$138,800$148,400

Median gross rent

$721$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
Under 5	9.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	26.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	22.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	21.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	8.1%
75 and over	3.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
No high school diploma	12.1%	26.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
Drove alone	88.7%	89.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
1-unit, detached	86.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowmans Addition	Cresaptown
Poverty rate	29.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1979	1965