Bow is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 203 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bow is the 322nd largest community in Washington. Bow home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but Bow real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Bow is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.62% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bow is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bow who work in maintenance occupations (27.09%), food service (24.56%), and sales jobs (21.77%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.71% 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. Overall, Bow’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bow has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bow a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Bow is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.48 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small town, Bow does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Bow who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.77% of adults in Bow have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bow in 2022 was $32,231, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,924 for a family of four. Bow is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bow residents report their race to be White. Bow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.25% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bow include Dutch, German, English, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Bow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
