Bowdens vs Teachey

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

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

Teachey has the higher population (528 vs 88 in Bowdens). Since 2019, Teachey's population has grown faster (+9.1% vs -86.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowdens	Teachey
Population	88	528
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,828
Median home value	—	$182,500
Median gross rent	—	$943
Housing units	89	254
Homeownership rate	31.3%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowdens	Teachey
Population	665 → 88 (-86.8%)	484 → 528 (+9.1%)
Median household income	—	$48,750 → $49,828 (+2.2%)
Median home value	—	$141,700 → $182,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$754 → $943 (+25.1%)

Bowdens

Population

66588

Teachey

Population

484528

Median household income

$48,750$49,828

Median home value

$141,700$182,500

Median gross rent

$754$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowdens	Teachey
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	52.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	23.9%	22.7%
65 to 74	23.9%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowdens	Teachey
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	36.6%
Black or African American	52.3%	46.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowdens	Teachey
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	52.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowdens	Teachey
Drove alone	100.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowdens	Teachey
1-unit, detached	48.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowdens	Teachey
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.4%
Average household size	1.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	2000	1992