Bowmans Addition vs Westernport

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

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

Westernport has the higher population (1,864 vs 1,149 in Bowmans Addition). Bowmans Addition has the higher median household income ($80,489 vs $52,059 in Westernport). Bowmans Addition has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $85,800 in Westernport).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
Population	1,149	1,864
Median age	32.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,489	$52,059
Median home value	$177,500	$85,800
Median gross rent	$1,290	$727
Housing units	423	997
Homeownership rate	81.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
Population	571 → 1,149 (+101.2%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$32,457 → $80,489 (+148.0%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $177,500 (+66.7%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,290 (+41.6%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

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

Westernport

Population

2,1561,864

Median household income

$42,014$52,059

Median home value

$68,600$85,800

Median gross rent

$640$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
Under 5	9.7%	10.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	15.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.4%
75 and over	3.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
No high school diploma	12.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	48.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
Drove alone	88.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
1-unit, detached	86.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowmans Addition	Westernport
Poverty rate	29.9%	22.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1979	1944