About Bow

Bow is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,614 people and just one neighborhood, Bow is the 156th largest community in Washington.

Bow is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bow is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bow who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.73%), sales jobs (11.24%), and teaching (7.93%).

In addition, many people in Bow have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

A relatively large number of people in Bow telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the nice things about Bow is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Being a small town, Bow does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bow Information and Demographics

The education level of Bow citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 34.48% of adults in Bow have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bow in 2000 was $25,824, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,296 for a family of four. However, Bow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bow home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bow is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bow include English, Norwegian, German, Irish, Dutch, Scottish, Swedish, French, Scotch-Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Bow is English. Some people also speak Spanish.