Bowles vs Fort Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Bowles and Fort Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowles and Fort Washington are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Washington has the higher population (266 vs 204 in Bowles). Since 2019, Bowles's population has grown faster (-25.0% vs -50.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Fort Washington
Population	204	266
Median age	46.5 yrs	71.9 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	—
Median home value	—	$1,039,600
Housing units	32	101
Homeownership rate	62.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	83.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Fort Washington
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	540 → 266 (-50.7%)
Median household income	—	$100,649 → $104,436 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$554,500 → $1,039,600 (+87.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	—

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Fort Washington

Population

540266

Median household income

$100,649$104,436

Median home value

$554,500$1,039,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Fort Washington
Under 5	21.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	21.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	23.5%	19.9%
75 and over	11.3%	38.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Fort Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	71.8%
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	5.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Fort Washington
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	49.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Fort Washington
Drove alone	93.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowles	Fort Washington
1-unit, detached	71.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowles	Fort Washington
Poverty rate	49.3%	0.0%
Average household size	4.63	2.63
Median year structure built	1974	1978