Bowie vs San Simon

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

Bowie and San Simon 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 253 in San Simon). Bowie has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $23,500 in San Simon). Bowie has the higher median home value ($50,000 vs $36,700 in San Simon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	San Simon
Population	399	253
Median age	52.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$23,500
Median home value	$50,000	$36,700
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	188	160
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	San Simon
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	183 → 253 (+38.3%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	$35,893 → $23,500 (-34.5%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$36,300 → $36,700 (+1.1%)
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

San Simon

Population

183253

Median household income

$35,893$23,500

Median home value

$36,300$36,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	San Simon
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	6.3%
65 to 74	20.1%	19.4%
75 and over	10.8%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	San Simon
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	55.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	40.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	San Simon
No high school diploma	52.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	San Simon
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	San Simon
1-unit, detached	73.9%	46.9%
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%	53.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	San Simon
Poverty rate	42.9%	19.4%
Average household size	2.77	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1959	1972