Bowie vs College Park

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

Bowie and College Park 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 34,397 in College Park). Bowie has the higher median household income ($141,831 vs $74,867 in College Park). Bowie has the higher median home value ($442,000 vs $429,000 in College Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	College Park
Population	57,771	34,397
Median age	44.0 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$141,831	$74,867
Median home value	$442,000	$429,000
Median gross rent	$2,240	$1,846
Housing units	21,673	10,354
Homeownership rate	85.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	College Park
Population	58,481 → 57,771 (-1.2%)	32,159 → 34,397 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$113,338 → $141,831 (+25.1%)	$66,679 → $74,867 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $442,000 (+30.7%)	$330,300 → $429,000 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $2,240 (+18.6%)	$1,528 → $1,846 (+20.8%)

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

College Park

Population

32,15934,397

Median household income

$66,679$74,867

Median home value

$330,300$429,000

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	College Park
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	6.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	50.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	5.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.4%
75 and over	6.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	College Park
White (non-Hispanic)	26.8%	38.7%
Black or African American	55.8%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	College Park
No high school diploma	5.5%	13.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	College Park
Drove alone	62.0%	48.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.7%
Public transit	3.9%	6.9%
Walked	0.9%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.5%
Worked from home	23.8%	15.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	College Park
1-unit, detached	73.0%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	42.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	College Park
Poverty rate	4.1%	29.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1981	1979