Bowmanstown is located in southern Carbon County at 40°48′3″N 75°39′44″W / 40.80083°N 75.66222°W / 40.80083; -75.66222 (40.800737, -75.662167),[4] on the northeast bank of the Lehigh River.

[5] 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.

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.