Bluewater vs Bouse

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Bouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bouse has the higher population (1,119 vs 804 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $38,242 in Bouse). Bouse has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $102,400 in Bluewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Bouse
Population	804	1,119
Median age	57.4 yrs	75.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$38,242
Median home value	$102,400	$123,900
Median gross rent	$928	—
Housing units	710	802
Homeownership rate	76.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Bouse
Population	974 → 804 (-17.5%)	1,108 → 1,119 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$39,968 → $61,818 (+54.7%)	$51,767 → $38,242 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $102,400 (+93.6%)	$92,400 → $123,900 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $928 (+22.8%)	—

Bluewater

Population

974804

Median household income

$39,968$61,818

Median home value

$52,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$756$928

Bouse

Population

1,1081,119

Median household income

$51,767$38,242

Median home value

$92,400$123,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Bouse
Under 5	4.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	3.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	3.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	0.2%
45 to 54	4.0%	3.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	20.3%
75 and over	26.4%	59.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Bouse
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Bouse
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Bouse
Drove alone	66.4%	56.8%
Carpooled	32.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Bouse
1-unit, detached	12.0%	25.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.3%	74.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Bouse
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.8%
Average household size	1.91	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	8	15
Median year structure built	1979	1987