Bowleys Quarters vs Edgemere

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

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

Edgemere has the higher population (8,778 vs 6,795 in Bowleys Quarters). Edgemere has the higher median household income ($109,734 vs $107,339 in Bowleys Quarters). Edgemere has the higher median home value ($352,100 vs $351,800 in Bowleys Quarters).

Population, income & housing

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
Population	6,795	8,778
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,339	$109,734
Median home value	$351,800	$352,100
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,336
Housing units	2,984	3,835
Homeownership rate	82.2%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
Population	6,412 → 6,795 (+6.0%)	8,526 → 8,778 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$85,515 → $107,339 (+25.5%)	$80,307 → $109,734 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $351,800 (+39.7%)	$290,200 → $352,100 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,455 (+26.9%)	$1,333 → $1,336 (+0.2%)

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

Edgemere

Population

8,5268,778

Median household income

$80,307$109,734

Median home value

$290,200$352,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
Under 5	5.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.6%
75 and over	5.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	16.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
Drove alone	79.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
1-unit, detached	62.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bowleys Quarters	Edgemere
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1986	1963