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Bowmanstown - Carbon county

Population 895

Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania

Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, in Carbon county, is 16 miles NW of Allentown, Pennsylvania and 64 miles NW of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The town benefits from easy access to the nearby cities and towns with which it shares the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton metropolitan area. Bowmanstown contains a population of approximately 895.

The People and Families of Bowmanstown

In Bowmanstown, about 59% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Bowmanstown had a median family income of $39,018.

Bowmanstown Housing

Bowmanstown has, of course, a mix of various types of housing. Recently 70% of the livable housing units were owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Bowmanstown, 97% of commuters drive to work.

Bowmanstown Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	895	100%
Male	430	48%
Female	465	52%
Under 18	179	20%
18+	716	80%
65+	152	17%
Median Age	40.8
Average Family Size	2.77
White	890	99.4%
African-American	0	0%
Asian	2	0.2%
American Indian & Alaskan	0	0%
Other	0	0%
Mixed Race	3	0.3%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	8	0.9%
Median Family Income (1999)	$39,018
Population In Poverty	82	9.2%

Bowmanstown Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
German	40.4%
Pennsylvania German	15.1%
US/American	8.4%
Dutch	7.6%
Irish	5.4%
English	3.8%
Italian	3.7%
Polish	3.4%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	2.4%
Slovak	2%
Czechoslovakian	1.5%
Welsh	1.5%
French (except Basque)	1.2%
Ukrainian	0.8%
Czech	0.5%
Austrian	0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian	0.4%
Russian	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Portuguese	0.3%
Carpatho Rusyn	0.3%