Bowie vs Dragoon

A side-by-side comparison of Bowie and Dragoon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowie and Dragoon are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowie has the higher population (399 vs 227 in Dragoon). Dragoon has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $50,000 in Bowie). Since 2019, Dragoon's population has grown faster (+1521.4% vs +27.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Dragoon
Population	399	227
Median age	52.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	—
Median home value	$50,000	$206,000
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	188	95
Homeownership rate	81.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Dragoon
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	14 → 227 (+1521.4%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	—
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$209,900 → $206,000 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $623 (+18.7%)	—

Bowie

Population

312399

Median household income

$34,167$36,250

Median home value

$51,700$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$623

Dragoon

Population

14227

Median home value

$209,900$206,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Dragoon
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	61.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	15.4%
75 and over	10.8%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Dragoon
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	37.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Dragoon
No high school diploma	52.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Dragoon
Drove alone	74.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	0.0%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Dragoon
1-unit, detached	73.9%	31.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	68.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Dragoon
Poverty rate	42.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1959	1994