Bowie vs Montague

A side-by-side comparison of Bowie and Montague: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowie and Montague are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowie has the higher population (5,617 vs 224 in Montague). Bowie has the higher median household income ($57,299 vs $53,984 in Montague). Bowie has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $170,800 in Montague).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Montague
Population	5,617	224
Median age	34.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,299	$53,984
Median home value	$182,400	$170,800
Median gross rent	$1,139	—
Housing units	2,564	117
Homeownership rate	65.6%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Montague
Population	5,050 → 5,617 (+11.2%)	384 → 224 (-41.7%)
Median household income	$40,720 → $57,299 (+40.7%)	$51,944 → $53,984 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $182,400 (+116.4%)	$106,300 → $170,800 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,139 (+19.9%)	$893 → $855 (-4.3%)

Bowie

Population

5,0505,617

Median household income

$40,720$57,299

Median home value

$84,300$182,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,139

Montague

Population

384224

Median household income

$51,944$53,984

Median home value

$106,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$893$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Montague
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	21.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	20.1%
75 and over	11.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Montague
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Montague
No high school diploma	13.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Montague
Drove alone	80.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Montague
1-unit, detached	77.9%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Montague
Poverty rate	16.8%	22.2%
Average household size	2.50	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	1971	1973