Bowie vs Sunizona

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

Bowie and Sunizona 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 211 in Sunizona). Bowie has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $32,614 in Sunizona). Sunizona has the higher median home value ($57,600 vs $50,000 in Bowie).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Sunizona
Population	399	211
Median age	52.3 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$32,614
Median home value	$50,000	$57,600
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	188	186
Homeownership rate	81.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Sunizona
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	212 → 211 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	$22,500 → $32,614 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$75,700 → $57,600 (-23.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $623 (+18.7%)	$638 → $706 (+10.7%)

Bowie

Population

312399

Median household income

$34,167$36,250

Median home value

$51,700$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$623

Sunizona

Population

212211

Median household income

$22,500$32,614

Median home value

$75,700$57,600

Median gross rent

$638$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Sunizona
Under 5	3.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	4.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	27.0%
75 and over	10.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Sunizona
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	85.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Sunizona
No high school diploma	52.1%	21.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Sunizona
Drove alone	74.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	15.8%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Sunizona
1-unit, detached	73.9%	51.6%
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%	48.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Sunizona
Poverty rate	42.9%	40.3%
Average household size	2.77	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1959	1977