A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bowie$3,260/mo

Typical home $521K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $2,330/mo · Housing →

Clinton$2,700/mo

Typical home $439K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,809/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Bowie and Clinton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Bowie places higher on 12 of 21 MD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+BowieSafer than 35% of U.S. towns –ClintonNot graded

Schools

DBowieBetter than 8% of districts in the state DClintonBetter than 8% of districts in the state

Health

A−BowieHealthier than 79% of U.S. towns B−ClintonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

12Bowie

8Clinton

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #196#36 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #92#209 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #76#197 Most activeHealth · 262 towns #77#193 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #68#172 Most educatedPeople · 262 towns #83#184 Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #142#72 HealthiestHealth · 262 towns #104#198

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bowie’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BowieClinton

Snow a year16″13″

January low25°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)203d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 9th

Outdoors & history

BowieClinton

Trails9 mi 23 mi

Conserved land12.9%11.4%

Settled1882 1770

National Register places6 3

Archive photos11 12

Famous people born here—15

Community

BowieClinton

Library hours a week44 hrs 42 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

17 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BowieClinton

Bowie ↔ Clinton17 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

BowieClinton

People

Population 57,926Highest 38,376Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.6%Lowest MD: +7% +7.8%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 44±1.6Lowest 12% above MD 46.8±1.6Highest 19% above MD

Clinton and Bowie are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.1%±1.6Highest MD: 22.2% 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2%

Age 65+ 17.4%±1.4Lowest MD: 16.7% 19.5%±1.3Highest MD: 16.7%

Clinton and Bowie are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 50.4%Highest MD: 43.4% 33.6%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±0.9Highest MD: 6.9% 6.4%±1Lowest MD: 6.9%

Bowie and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $141,995±$5kHighest 37% above MD $124,803±$4kLowest 20% above MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $459,300±$7kHighest 9% above MD $431,400±$10kLowest about the MD average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,330±$58Highest 37% above MD $1,809±$318Lowest 6% above MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,661Highest 38% above MD $4,756Lowest 16% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±7.4Highest MD: 51.5% 45.3%±6.4Lowest MD: 51.5%

Bowie and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.8%Lowest MD: 9.4% 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.9%Lowest MD: 67.6% 89.5%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 3 yrs newer than MD 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minLowest 12% above MD 38 minHighest 22% above MD

Work from home 26%±2.3Highest MD: 19.3% 20.8%±2.6Lowest MD: 19.3%

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.51Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (22%)Washington (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ClintonFew work in Bowie

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.9%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.0 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 17Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 85.9Highest 43.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #92 of 235 in MD #209 of 235 in MD

School district Prince George's County Public SchoolsPrince George's County Public Schools

High school in town Bowie HighSurrattsville High

Students per teacherat that high school 19.1Highest 16.5Lowest

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bowie vs Clinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Bowie

Bowie places higher on 12 of 21 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

17 miles apart

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