Bowmans Addition vs Frostburg

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

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

Frostburg has the higher population (7,025 vs 1,149 in Bowmans Addition). Bowmans Addition has the higher median household income ($80,489 vs $51,052 in Frostburg). Bowmans Addition has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $172,600 in Frostburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
Population	1,149	7,025
Median age	32.7 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,489	$51,052
Median home value	$177,500	$172,600
Median gross rent	$1,290	$865
Housing units	423	3,075
Homeownership rate	81.1%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
Population	571 → 1,149 (+101.2%)	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$32,457 → $80,489 (+148.0%)	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $177,500 (+66.7%)	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,290 (+41.6%)	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)

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

Frostburg

Population

8,5917,025

Median household income

$42,699$51,052

Median home value

$139,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$745$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
Under 5	9.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	26.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	36.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.9%
75 and over	3.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
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%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
No high school diploma	12.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	48.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
Drove alone	88.7%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
1-unit, detached	86.8%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowmans Addition	Frostburg
Poverty rate	29.9%	27.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1979	1960