Bowie vs Chillum

A side-by-side comparison of Bowie and Chillum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowie has the higher population (57,771 vs 35,163 in Chillum). Bowie has the higher median household income ($141,831 vs $78,513 in Chillum). Bowie has the higher median home value ($442,000 vs $383,900 in Chillum).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Chillum
Population	57,771	35,163
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$141,831	$78,513
Median home value	$442,000	$383,900
Median gross rent	$2,240	$1,733
Housing units	21,673	11,910
Homeownership rate	85.1%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Chillum
Population	58,481 → 57,771 (-1.2%)	35,557 → 35,163 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$113,338 → $141,831 (+25.1%)	$63,795 → $78,513 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $442,000 (+30.7%)	$292,900 → $383,900 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $2,240 (+18.6%)	$1,450 → $1,733 (+19.5%)

Bowie

Population

58,48157,771

Median household income

$113,338$141,831

Median home value

$338,100$442,000

Median gross rent

$1,888$2,240

Chillum

Population

35,55735,163

Median household income

$63,795$78,513

Median home value

$292,900$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Chillum
Under 5	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.2%
75 and over	6.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Chillum
White (non-Hispanic)	26.8%	4.5%
Black or African American	55.8%	42.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	48.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Chillum
No high school diploma	5.5%	28.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Chillum
Drove alone	62.0%	54.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	14.4%
Public transit	3.9%	15.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	23.8%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Chillum
1-unit, detached	73.0%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	25.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	26.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Chillum
Poverty rate	4.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.69	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1981	1960