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Bowman city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Bowman city is a Census city of 1,499 people across 1.86 square miles of land, in Bowman County. Median household income is $62,786, 79.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Bowman
What Bowman is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land804
- County holding the largest share of its areaBowman County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bowman
How many people live in Bowman
- Population1,499
- Median age39.0
- Population under 18387
- Share under 1825.8 percent
- Population 65 and over318 plus or minus 68
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent
- Households664
- Family households330
- Share of households that are families49.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bowman
- Median household income$62,786
- Per capita income$37,596
- Civilian labor force811
- Employed789
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over960
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bowman
- Housing units862
- Occupied units664
- Vacant units198 plus or minus 65
- Vacancy rate23.0 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Owner occupied527
- Renter occupied137 plus or minus 48
- Ownership rate79.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$174,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$713
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.6 percent
- Single family units734
- Share single family85.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more84 plus or minus 41
- Share in buildings of two or more9.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes44 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bowman gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute750
- Commuting under 15 minutes573
- Share commuting under 15 minutes76.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more104 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled6.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked7.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bowman (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,208,000
- Average approval$1,069,333
- Median approval$183,000
- Largest approval$2,896,000
- Jobs supported34
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bowman County, not Bowman
Bowman County context, not Bowman figures
These are Bowman County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bowman measurements.
- Establishments in Bowman County148
- Employment at those establishments, Bowman County1,043
- Covered employment, Bowman County1,344
- Average annual pay, Bowman County$55,095
- Average weekly wage, Bowman County$1,060
- Housing units permitted, Bowman County2
- Of those, single family, Bowman County2
- County product, 2024, Bowman County$250,534,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bowman County1.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bowman County$55,000
Every figure in this section is published for Bowman County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bowman. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bowman questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bowman, North Dakota?
1,499, in 664 households. Bowman city covers 1.86 square miles of land, which is 804 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bowman in?
Bowman County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bowman?
$62,786. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $174,800. Median gross rent is $713 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Bowman figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bowman County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bowman.
Is zoning published for Bowman?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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