| Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Seal Size: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bowmanstown |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bowmanstown in Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.8008°N -75.6622°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carbon |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor William Ravert |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.07 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.99 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.77 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Elevation Ft: | 732 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 889 |
| Population Density Km2: | 446.19 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1156.05 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 18030 |
| Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-07880 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Bowmanstown is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 937 at the 2010 census.[2]
The borough is at an elevation of . It is located 3miles west of Palmerton and 4miles south of Lehighton off Pennsylvania Route 248.
Bowmanstown is located in southern Carbon County at (40.800737, -75.662167),[3] on the northeast bank of the Lehigh River. It is bordered on the east and north by Lower Towamensing Township, on the southeast by the borough of Palmerton, and on the southwest and west by East Penn Township.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.07km2, 1.99km2 of which is land and 0.07km2, or 3.59%, of which is water.[2]
As of 2013, there were of public roads in Bowmanstown, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough.[4]
Pennsylvania Route 248 is the main highway serving Bowmanstown. It follows a northwest-southeast alignment across the southern and western portions of the borough, parallel to the Lehigh River. Pennsylvania Route 895 begins at PA 248 in Bowmanstown and heads southwestward across the Lehigh River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 895 people, 389 households, and 257 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1156.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 417 housing units at an average density of 538.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.44% White, 0.22% Asian, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.89% of the population.
There were 389 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.77.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $34,688, and the median income for a family was $39,018. Males had a median income of $31,845 versus $20,913 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,956. About 7.4% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.