Baltimore Highlands vs Bowleys Quarters

A side-by-side comparison of Baltimore Highlands and Bowleys Quarters: population, income, housing, and more.

Baltimore Highlands and Bowleys Quarters are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baltimore Highlands has the higher population (8,564 vs 6,795 in Bowleys Quarters). Bowleys Quarters has the higher median household income ($107,339 vs $64,284 in Baltimore Highlands). Bowleys Quarters has the higher median home value ($351,800 vs $258,000 in Baltimore Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
Population	8,564	6,795
Median age	33.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,284	$107,339
Median home value	$258,000	$351,800
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,455
Housing units	3,134	2,984
Homeownership rate	52.9%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
Population	7,944 → 8,564 (+7.8%)	6,412 → 6,795 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$56,637 → $64,284 (+13.5%)	$85,515 → $107,339 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $258,000 (+34.2%)	$251,900 → $351,800 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,352 (+21.1%)	$1,147 → $1,455 (+26.9%)

Baltimore Highlands

Population

7,9448,564

Median household income

$56,637$64,284

Median home value

$192,300$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,352

Bowleys Quarters

Population

6,4126,795

Median household income

$85,515$107,339

Median home value

$251,900$351,800

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
Under 5	9.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.4%
75 and over	3.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	69.9%
Black or African American	26.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
No high school diploma	26.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
Drove alone	68.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.3%
Public transit	13.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.3%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
1-unit, detached	43.6%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Baltimore Highlands	Bowleys Quarters
Poverty rate	22.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1961	1986