Bowles vs Monmouth

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

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

Bowles has the higher population (204 vs 168 in Monmouth). Bowles has the higher median household income ($138,167 vs $40,673 in Monmouth). Since 2019, Monmouth's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs -25.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Monmouth
Population	204	168
Median age	46.5 yrs	24.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	$40,673
Median home value	—	$113,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,391
Housing units	32	40
Homeownership rate	62.5%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Monmouth
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	111 → 168 (+51.4%)
Median household income	—	$32,969 → $40,673 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$124,100 → $113,500 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	$850 → $1,391 (+63.6%)

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Monmouth

Population

111168

Median household income

$32,969$40,673

Median home value

$124,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Monmouth
Under 5	21.6%	19.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	21.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	3.4%	1.2%
65 to 74	23.5%	6.5%
75 and over	11.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	6.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
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%	68.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Monmouth
No high school diploma	16.3%	30.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Monmouth
Drove alone	93.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
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	Monmouth
1-unit, detached	71.9%	80.0%
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%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowles	Monmouth
Poverty rate	49.3%	29.8%
Average household size	4.63	4.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1974	1968