Bowdens vs Calypso

A side-by-side comparison of Bowdens and Calypso: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowdens and Calypso are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calypso has the higher population (441 vs 88 in Bowdens). Since 2019, Calypso's population has grown faster (-27.1% vs -86.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdens	Calypso
Population	88	441
Median age	46.0 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,906
Median home value	—	$99,400
Median gross rent	—	$805
Housing units	89	206
Homeownership rate	31.3%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdens	Calypso
Population	665 → 88 (-86.8%)	605 → 441 (-27.1%)
Median household income	—	$37,768 → $43,906 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$80,900 → $99,400 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$732 → $805 (+10.0%)

Bowdens

Population

66588

Calypso

Population

605441

Median household income

$37,768$43,906

Median home value

$80,900$99,400

Median gross rent

$732$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdens	Calypso
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	52.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	23.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	23.9%	7.9%
75 and over	0.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdens	Calypso
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	49.0%
Black or African American	52.3%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdens	Calypso
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.9%
High school graduate	52.3%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdens	Calypso
Drove alone	100.0%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdens	Calypso
1-unit, detached	48.3%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.7%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowdens	Calypso
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.7%
Average household size	1.31	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	2000	1971