Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $157,149.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,134 (lower quartile is $924, upper quartile is $1,419)
Median gross rent in Bow, NH in 2022: $1,537
Housing units in Bow with a mortgage: 1,633 (136 second mortgage, 274 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 420
In family households: 115,678 (26,768 male householders, 11,336 female householders)
29,923 spouses, 38,562 children (35,656 natural, 1,027 adopted, 1,879 stepchildren), 2,012 grandchildren, 719 brothers or sisters, 975 parents, foster children, 854 other relatives, 3,672 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 24,432 (8,542 male householders (6,084 living alone)), 10,423 female householders (8,405 living alone)), 5,467 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 6,335 (3,155 institutionalized population)
24,231 married couples with children.
7,348 single-parent households (1,859 men, 5,489 women).
95.5% of residents of Bow speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 208 (2.5%)
(97.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Bow, New Hampshire
331995 to March 2000
61990 to 1994
71985 to 1989
01980 to 1984
01975 to 1979
161970 to 1974
231965 to 1969
82Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,405 (16.3%)
English: 1,283 (14.9%)
German: 891 (10.4%)
French Canadian: 740 (8.6%)
Other: 738 (8.6%)
French: 651 (7.6%)
United States: 561 (6.5%)
Italian: 467 (5.4%)
Scottish: 455 (5.3%)
Polish: 378 (4.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 218 (2.5%)
Russian: 201 (2.3%)
Swedish: 149 (1.7%)
Norwegian: 138 (1.6%)
Dutch: 67 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.7%)
Czech: 44 (0.5%)
Slovak: 31 (0.4%)
Danish: 29 (0.3%)
Arab: 25 (0.3%)
Welsh: 21 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.1%)
West Indian: 7 (0.08%)
Greek: 6 (0.07%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Bow:
17.4% (29)
New Hampshire:
22.9% (12,397)
United Kingdom
Bow:
14.4% (24)
New Hampshire:
8.1% (4,396)
Germany
Bow:
10.2% (17)
New Hampshire:
4.9% (2,670)
Other Northern Europe
Bow:
7.8% (13)
New Hampshire:
0.9% (508)
India
Bow:
7.8% (13)
New Hampshire:
4.7% (2,530)
Poland
Bow:
7.2% (12)
New Hampshire:
1.7% (931)
Russia
Bow:
6.0% (10)
New Hampshire:
1.3% (689)
Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion
Bow:
6.0% (10)
New Hampshire:
0.2% (116)
Vietnam
Bow:
5.4% (9)
New Hampshire:
2.7% (1,440)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Bow:
4.8% (8)
New Hampshire:
3.4% (1,828)
Cuba
Bow:
4.8% (8)
New Hampshire:
0.5% (252)
Philippines
Bow:
4.2% (7)
New Hampshire:
1.9% (1,031)
Guatemala
Bow:
4.2% (7)
New Hampshire:
0.2% (125)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,630
Other state: 3,274
Northeast: 2,363
Midwest: 292
South: 365
West: 254
66% of Bow residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in New Hampshire.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 6
5th and 6th grade: 7
7th and 8th grade: 18
9th grade: 22
10th grade: 16
11th grade: 15
12th grade, no diploma: 10
High school graduate (or equivalency): 504
Less than 1 year of college: 66
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 250
Associate degree: 158
Bachelor's degree: 740
Master's degree: 291
Professional school degree: 129
Doctorate degree: 4
Education attainment for females 25 years and older: