Bowman vs Crab Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Bowman and Crab Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowman and Crab Orchard are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crab Orchard has the higher population (834 vs 431 in Bowman). Bowman has the higher median household income ($75,805 vs $44,708 in Crab Orchard). Bowman has the higher median home value ($368,000 vs $137,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
Population	431	834
Median age	34.5 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,805	$44,708
Median home value	$368,000	$137,900
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	162	447
Homeownership rate	82.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
Population	156 → 431 (+176.3%)	686 → 834 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $75,805 (+29.5%)	$36,364 → $44,708 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $368,000 (+128.9%)	$70,900 → $137,900 (+94.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $625 (+8.7%)

Bowman

Population

156431

Median household income

$58,523$75,805

Median home value

$160,800$368,000

Crab Orchard

Population

686834

Median household income

$36,364$44,708

Median home value

$70,900$137,900

Median gross rent

$575$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
Under 5	7.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	32.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	1.2%	14.0%
75 and over	12.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	4.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	49.4%	68.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	100.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	9.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowman	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1979	1977