What is the population of Bowman city?

Bowman city has 1,523 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 406 in North Dakota.

What is the median household income in Bowman city?

Median household income in Bowman city is $70,859 a year, 9.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowman city?

Median gross rent is $904 a month and the median home value is $181,300, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.

Is Bowman city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowman city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bowman, ND population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bowman, North Dakota (Bowman, ND — Census place “Bowman city”) is 1,523 residents, ranking #36 of 406 places in North Dakota. Median household income is $70,859, the median home is worth $181,300 and median gross rent runs $904 a month. Looking for the Bowman North Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bowman, ND: 58623.

Population: 1,523Bowman city residents
Median household income: $70,859Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $181,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $904Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.1%Owner-occupied households

Bowman ZIP codes (North Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bowman.

The Bowman ND ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

58623

What the numbers mean in Bowman city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bowman city median would spend about 15.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 78.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bowman city, ND in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bowman city is a small town in North Dakota, with 1,523 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 406 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bowman city earn a median of $70,859 a year, 9.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above the $68,472 median for the 51 North Dakota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bowman city is valued at $181,300, 40.2% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $185,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $904 a month, 35.7% below the national figure, or roughly $10,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bowman city?: Bowman city has 1,523 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 406 in North Dakota.
What is the median household income in Bowman city?: Median household income in Bowman city is $70,859 a year, 9.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowman city?: Median gross rent is $904 a month and the median home value is $181,300, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
Is Bowman city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowman city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bowman city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.