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Median Home Price in Bowie, MD

The median home value in Bowie, MD is $526,880 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.36% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$526,880

Year-over-Year

-0.36%

Population

56,929

Bowie ranks #5 of 38 Maryland cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 27.5% above the state's city median of $413,148. It sits in Prince Georges County, where the county-wide median is $430,494.

Housing affordability in Bowie

Median household income in Bowie is $141,995, so the typical home value is about 3.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Bowie

Bowie police recorded a violent crime rate of 193 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,280 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Bowie

What is the average home price in Bowie, MD?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Bowie, that value is $526,880. That's down 0.36% from a year earlier. It is about 27.5% above the typical Maryland city tracked here.

Is Bowie expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Bowie are more expensive than Prince Georges County as a whole, where the median is $430,494 — a difference of about 22.4%.

Is Bowie affordable?

Median household income here is $141,995, so the typical home value is about 3.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Bowie a safe place to live?

Bowie police reported 193 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 56,929. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.