Bowmans AdditionMD
A town of 1,102.
Is Bowmans Addition a good place to live?
Bowmans Addition’s best subject grade is an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 29% of residents live below the poverty line in Bowmans Addition, where Maryland’s towns sit at 7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 1 of Maryland’s 328 towns score lower on walkability. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Bowmans Addition’s density of trails is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both Maryland’s towns (0.6) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Wills Mountain State Park, at 48 acres. Bowmans Addition has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bowmans Addition stand out
Where Bowmans Addition beats most towns.
1,102 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Bowmans Addition grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Bowmans Addition is from typical.
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Flight 93 National Memorial and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bowmans Addition. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
23 mi MountainMount Davis
3 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
3 mi LandmarkFort Cumberland
36 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
38 mi State parkOhiopyle State ParkPhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Bowmans Addition: who provides what
Bowmans Addition is unincorporated, so Allegany County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bowmans Addition.
On state tests, Bowmans Addition’s schools trail 56% of Maryland districts
The public schools here belong to the Allegany County Public Schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Bowmans Addition’s public school: 272 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 272 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Bowmans Addition stands out in Maryland and nationally, with more of its adults who smoke cigarettes
Among 262 Maryland towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Bowmans Addition. For adults locally, the share who get no exercise outside work is 33%. 17% of adults in Bowmans Addition report frequent physical distress; 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bowmans Addition | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bowmans Addition | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.1% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 5.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bowmans Addition’s workers commute out
The share of working residents in Bowmans Addition who work locally: 1.5%. Only 4 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a lower average commute than Bowmans Addition. The median household income here is $82,000. The top destinations are Cumberland (37%), La Vale (7%) and Frostburg (3%).
| Bowmans Addition | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bowmans Addition faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The FEMA hazard score for Bowmans Addition comes to 30 of 100. 73% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 8%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bowmans Addition: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 22°, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bowmans Addition keeps 6.7% of its land conserved
Across 1 park or preserve: 2.4 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wills Mountain State Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Bowmans Addition sell for about $71K
Bowmans Addition: 83% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bowmans Addition
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bowmans Addition
About 7 of every 100 Bowmans Addition residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
99% of working residents leave Bowmans Addition for work
Where Bowmans Addition’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bowmans Addition
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bowmans Addition is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 584. It is located north of Cumberland in a valley bounded by Wills Mountain to the northwest and Shriver Ridge to the southeast.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
Questions about Bowmans Addition
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bowmans Addition, MD expensive?
The typical home is worth about $187,000, 56% below the Maryland typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.