Bow’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bow has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bow has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bow than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bow may be for you.
Bow is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Bow is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Bow citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.43% of adults 25 and older in Bow have a college degree.
The per capita income in Bow in 2022 was $28,222, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,888 for a family of four.
Bow is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bow residents report their race to be White. Bow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.46% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bow include Dutch, European, British, Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Bow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
