Bowie vs Miracle Valley

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

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

Miracle Valley has the higher population (734 vs 399 in Bowie). Miracle Valley has the higher median household income ($51,403 vs $36,250 in Bowie). Miracle Valley has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $50,000 in Bowie).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
Population	399	734
Median age	52.3 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$51,403
Median home value	$50,000	$84,800
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	188	251
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	764 → 734 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	$56,341 → $51,403 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$104,900 → $84,800 (-19.2%)
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

Miracle Valley

Population

764734

Median household income

$56,341$51,403

Median home value

$104,900$84,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	30.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	25.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	21.0%
75 and over	10.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	97.3%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
No high school diploma	52.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
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	Miracle Valley
1-unit, detached	73.9%	59.4%
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%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Miracle Valley
Poverty rate	42.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1959	1988