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%

Clinton$2,700/mo

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

Bowie$3,260/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Clinton

12Bowie

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

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

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clinton’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

ClintonBowie

Snow a year13″16″

January low—25°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—203d

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

Outdoors & history

ClintonBowie

Trails23 mi 9 mi

Conserved land11.4%12.9%

Settled1770 1882

National Register places3 6

Archive photos12 11

Famous people born here15 —

Community

ClintonBowie

Library hours a week42 hrs 44 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.

ClintonBowie

Clinton ↔ Bowie17 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

ClintonBowie

People

Population 38,376Lowest 57,926Highest

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

Median age 46.8±1.6Highest 19% above MD 44±1.6Lowest 12% 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 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2% 21.1%±1.6Highest MD: 22.2%

Age 65+ 19.5%±1.3Highest MD: 16.7% 17.4%±1.4Lowest 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+ 33.6%Lowest MD: 43.4% 50.4%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±1Lowest MD: 6.9% 7.3%±0.9Highest 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 $124,803±$4kLowest 20% above MD $141,995±$5kHighest 37% above MD

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.3%±6.4Lowest MD: 51.5% 48.9%±7.4Highest 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 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4% 3.8%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BowieFew work in Clinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.4%Lowest 12.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 23.3 miHighest 9.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 17Highest

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

Schools

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

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

High school in town Surrattsville HighBowie High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.5Lowest 19.1Highest

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.

Clinton vs Bowie

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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