BowersPA
A town of 103, settled in 1909.
Is Bowers a good place to live?
Bowers’ median age is 67.4 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Bowers. 19% of the land in Bowers is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Bowers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
103 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bowers. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
16 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
29 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year14 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
20 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
32 mi MuseumEphrata CloisterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Bowers: who provides what
Bowers is unincorporated, so Berks 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 Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bowers.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bowers’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bowers for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Bowers fell to 20 in 2023, 197 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Maxatawny Township (14%), Kutztown (6%) and Upper Macungie Township (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
19.2% of Bowers is conserved land
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Bowers’ trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. William DeLong Memorial Park | 0.8 mi | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bowers faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bowers has mild winters and pleasant summers
Bowers has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Bowers is
Bowers beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Bowers adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Bowers | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bowers | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Bowers
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Bowers
About 0 of every 100 Bowers residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Bowers for work
Where Bowers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bowers
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Bowers is a census-designated place in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Bowers is located near the borough of Lyons and is on Sacony Creek, a tributary of the Maiden Creek. As of the 2020 census, the population was 355 residents. Although Bowers has its own post office with the ZIP code of 19511, some residents are served by the Mertztown post office with the ZIP code of 19539. [1]
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 449 ft
- ZIP code
- 19511
Questions about Bowers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bowers, PA a good place to live?
Bowers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.