Bowmore vs Silver City

A side-by-side comparison of Bowmore and Silver City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silver City has the higher population (789 vs 50 in Bowmore). Silver City has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $81,500 in Bowmore). Since 2019, Silver City's population has grown faster (-16.9% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmore	Silver City
Population	50	789
Median age	34.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$16,466
Median home value	$81,500	$153,200
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	39	442
Homeownership rate	74.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmore	Silver City
Population	70 → 50 (-28.6%)	949 → 789 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$20,250 → $22,105 (+9.2%)	$25,281 → $16,466 (-34.9%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $81,500 (-22.7%)	$87,000 → $153,200 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $679 (+0.9%)	$810 → $958 (+18.3%)

Bowmore

Population

7050

Median household income

$20,250$22,105

Median home value

$105,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$673$679

Silver City

Population

949789

Median household income

$25,281$16,466

Median home value

$87,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$810$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmore	Silver City
Under 5	22.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	36.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	40.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.6%
75 and over	42.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmore	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	42.0%	97.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	58.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmore	Silver City
No high school diploma	0.0%	30.7%
High school graduate	64.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmore	Silver City
Drove alone	100.0%	39.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	52.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmore	Silver City
1-unit, detached	79.5%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowmore	Silver City
Poverty rate	20.0%	58.3%
Average household size	1.28	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1969	1975