Bowie is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 58,421 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Bowie is the 14th largest community in Maryland.Bowie is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.24% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bowie is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowie who work in management occupations (13.54%), office and administrative support (12.23%), and business and financial occupations (11.17%). Also of interest is that Bowie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.02% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Bowie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.12 minutes every day commuting to work. If knowledge is power, Bowie is a pretty powerful place. 50.38% of the adults in Bowie have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Bowie in 2022 was $61,564, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $246,256 for a family of four. Bowie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bowie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bowie include Irish, German, English, Nigerian, and Italian. In addition, Bowie has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.10%). The most common language spoken in Bowie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
