City profile
Bowie, MD
Suburb in Prince George’s County — one of the wealthiest majority-Black counties in America — near Bowie State.
Climate
Climate type
Four seasons
Winter avg
34°F
Summer avg
79°F
Sunny days / yr
210
Home prices & cost of living
Median home price
$470,000
Typical monthly housing
$2,951
Cost of living (100 = U.S.)
118
Taxes
- Property tax
- 1.00%
- State income tax (top)
- 6.5%
- Social Security
- Not taxed
- Pensions
- Partly exempt
- Sales tax (state + avg. local)
- 6.00%
FEMA natural hazard risk
Relatively Moderate · county score 93/100
Top hazards: Winter weather, Lightning, Heat wave
Nearest major airport
13 mi to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
Political lean (2024 county vote)
Leans Democratic · 86% Democratic / 12% Republican
Demographics (Census ACS)
Population (2024)
57,926
Growth since 2019
-0.9%
Median age
44.0
Residents 65+
17.1%
Median household income
$141,995
Income growth since 2019
+25.3%
Black household income
$145,479
Home ownership
83.9%
Poverty rate
3.8%
Poverty rate, 65+
5.3%
Race & ethnicity: Black 53.4% · White 26.5% · Hispanic 10.0% · Asian 3.3% · Other 6.9%
Crime (per 100,000 residents, 2025)
Violent crime
205 · 38% below the national average
Property crime
1,951 · 26% above the national average
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Bowie Police Department. State average: violent 365, property 1,853.
2025–2026 trends
2026 market trends
- ▸Home prices are still rising in 2026 — good for long-term value, less room to negotiate
- ▸Climate/cost risks to check: coastal flooding
Highlights
- Affluent majority-Black community
- Bowie State University (HBCU)
- Close to DC
Trade-offs
- Car-dependent
- Traffic
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