Bowie vs Palominas

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

Bowie and Palominas 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 278 in Palominas). Palominas has the higher median home value ($194,100 vs $50,000 in Bowie). Since 2019, Palominas's population has grown faster (+56.2% vs +27.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Palominas
Population	399	278
Median age	52.3 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	—
Median home value	$50,000	$194,100
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	188	139
Homeownership rate	81.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Palominas
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	178 → 278 (+56.2%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	$116,618 → $119,038 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$225,000 → $194,100 (-13.7%)
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

Palominas

Population

178278

Median household income

$116,618$119,038

Median home value

$225,000$194,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Palominas
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%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	50.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	26.6%
75 and over	10.8%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Palominas
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Palominas
No high school diploma	52.1%	18.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Palominas
Drove alone	74.0%	65.2%
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%	34.8%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Palominas
1-unit, detached	73.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Palominas
Poverty rate	42.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1959	1949