Bowmanstown vs Towamensing Trails

A side-by-side comparison of Bowmanstown and Towamensing Trails: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowmanstown and Towamensing Trails are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Towamensing Trails has the higher population (2,032 vs 994 in Bowmanstown). Towamensing Trails has the higher median household income ($83,196 vs $67,125 in Bowmanstown). Towamensing Trails has the higher median home value ($227,900 vs $181,600 in Bowmanstown).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
Population	994	2,032
Median age	37.5 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$83,196
Median home value	$181,600	$227,900
Median gross rent	$969	—
Housing units	433	2,364
Homeownership rate	59.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
Population	910 → 994 (+9.2%)	1,602 → 2,032 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$50,750 → $67,125 (+32.3%)	$52,083 → $83,196 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $181,600 (+28.7%)	$162,700 → $227,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $969 (+31.7%)	$1,354 → $1,404 (+3.7%)

Bowmanstown

Population

910994

Median household income

$50,750$67,125

Median home value

$141,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$736$969

Towamensing Trails

Population

1,6022,032

Median household income

$52,083$83,196

Median home value

$162,700$227,900

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
Under 5	3.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	23.7%	2.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	24.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	24.2%
75 and over	7.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
No high school diploma	12.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
Drove alone	84.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
1-unit, detached	60.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowmanstown	Towamensing Trails
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.40	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1952	1993