Bowles vs Raisin City

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

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

Raisin City has the higher population (248 vs 204 in Bowles). Bowles has the higher median household income ($138,167 vs $54,167 in Raisin City). Since 2019, Bowles's population has grown faster (-25.0% vs -40.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Raisin City
Population	204	248
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	$54,167
Median home value	—	$189,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,625
Housing units	32	82
Homeownership rate	62.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	48.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Raisin City
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	414 → 248 (-40.1%)
Median household income	—	$47,500 → $54,167 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$169,900 → $189,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	$843 → $1,625 (+92.8%)

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Raisin City

Population

414248

Median household income

$47,500$54,167

Median home value

$169,900$189,400

Median gross rent

$843$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Raisin City
Under 5	21.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	2.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	4.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	21.6%	22.2%
55 to 64	3.4%	5.2%
65 to 74	23.5%	13.3%
75 and over	11.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Raisin City
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	4.0%
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%	96.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Raisin City
No high school diploma	16.3%	49.1%
High school graduate	15.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Raisin City
Drove alone	93.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowles	Raisin City
1-unit, detached	71.9%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
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%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowles	Raisin City
Poverty rate	49.3%	16.5%
Average household size	4.63	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1974	1975