It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bowie has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bowie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bowie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bowie may be for you.
One downside of living in Bowie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.69 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Bowie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Bowie with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.42% of adults in Bowie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bowie in 2022 was $28,464, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,856 for a family of four. However, Bowie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bowie is a somewhat 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 White, followed by Native American. Bowie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bowie include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Australian.
The most common language spoken in Bowie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
