Bowmore vs Five Points

A side-by-side comparison of Bowmore and Five Points: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Five Points has the higher population (1,096 vs 50 in Bowmore). Five Points has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $81,500 in Bowmore). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+13.8% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmore	Five Points
Population	50	1,096
Median age	34.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median home value	$81,500	$284,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,213
Housing units	39	428
Homeownership rate	74.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmore	Five Points
Population	70 → 50 (-28.6%)	963 → 1,096 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$20,250 → $22,105 (+9.2%)	$63,327 → $63,188 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $81,500 (-22.7%)	$170,500 → $284,700 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $679 (+0.9%)	$1,067 → $1,213 (+13.7%)

Bowmore

Population

7050

Median household income

$20,250$22,105

Median home value

$105,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$673$679

Five Points

Population

9631,096

Median household income

$63,327$63,188

Median home value

$170,500$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmore	Five Points
Under 5	22.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	36.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	42.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmore	Five Points
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	52.3%
Black or African American	42.0%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmore	Five Points
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	64.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmore	Five Points
Drove alone	100.0%	68.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmore	Five Points
1-unit, detached	79.5%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Bowmore	Five Points
Poverty rate	20.0%	21.2%
Average household size	1.28	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1969	2002