Bowie vs Sunsites

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

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

Sunsites has the higher population (660 vs 399 in Bowie). Sunsites has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $36,250 in Bowie). Sunsites has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $50,000 in Bowie).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Sunsites
Population	399	660
Median age	52.3 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$50,833
Median home value	$50,000	$134,200
Median gross rent	$623	$1,053
Housing units	188	443
Homeownership rate	81.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Sunsites
Population	312 → 399 (+27.9%)	813 → 660 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)	$47,240 → $50,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,000 (-3.3%)	$84,800 → $134,200 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $623 (+18.7%)	$810 → $1,053 (+30.0%)

Bowie

Population

312399

Median household income

$34,167$36,250

Median home value

$51,700$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$623

Sunsites

Population

813660

Median household income

$47,240$50,833

Median home value

$84,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$810$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Sunsites
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	1.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	20.1%	31.8%
75 and over	10.8%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Sunsites
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	88.5%
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%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Sunsites
No high school diploma	52.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Sunsites
Drove alone	74.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	22.2%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Sunsites
1-unit, detached	73.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Sunsites
Poverty rate	42.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.77	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1959	1975