Bowles vs Friant

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

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

Friant has the higher population (367 vs 204 in Bowles). Bowles has the higher median household income ($138,167 vs $51,765 in Friant). Since 2019, Bowles's population has grown faster (-25.0% vs -39.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Friant
Population	204	367
Median age	46.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	$51,765
Median home value	—	$260,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,110
Housing units	32	236
Homeownership rate	62.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Friant
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	604 → 367 (-39.2%)
Median household income	—	$56,154 → $51,765 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$152,800 → $260,200 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	$1,379 → $1,110 (-19.5%)

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Friant

Population

604367

Median household income

$56,154$51,765

Median home value

$152,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Friant
Under 5	21.6%	10.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	4.4%	20.7%
45 to 54	21.6%	21.0%
55 to 64	3.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	23.5%	21.0%
75 and over	11.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Friant
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.5%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Friant
No high school diploma	16.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	15.6%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Friant
Drove alone	93.9%	92.7%
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%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowles	Friant
1-unit, detached	71.9%	41.1%
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%	58.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowles	Friant
Poverty rate	49.3%	25.8%
Average household size	4.63	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1974	1989