Bowie vs Clinton

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

Bowie and Clinton 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 38,756 in Clinton). Bowie has the higher median household income ($141,831 vs $120,967 in Clinton). Bowie has the higher median home value ($442,000 vs $400,300 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Clinton
Population	57,771	38,756
Median age	44.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$141,831	$120,967
Median home value	$442,000	$400,300
Median gross rent	$2,240	$1,665
Housing units	21,673	14,080
Homeownership rate	85.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Clinton
Population	58,481 → 57,771 (-1.2%)	39,018 → 38,756 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$113,338 → $141,831 (+25.1%)	$112,771 → $120,967 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $442,000 (+30.7%)	$299,800 → $400,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $2,240 (+18.6%)	$1,954 → $1,665 (-14.8%)

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

Clinton

Population

39,01838,756

Median household income

$112,771$120,967

Median home value

$299,800$400,300

Median gross rent

$1,954$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Clinton
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	26.8%	7.0%
Black or African American	55.8%	76.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	3.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Clinton
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Clinton
Drove alone	62.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.6%
Public transit	3.9%	5.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.8%	16.8%
Other means	0.9%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Clinton
1-unit, detached	73.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Clinton
Poverty rate	4.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1981	1987