Bowles vs Shaver Lake

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

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

Shaver Lake has the higher population (355 vs 204 in Bowles). Bowles has the higher median household income ($138,167 vs $131,875 in Shaver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
Population	204	355
Median age	46.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	$131,875
Median home value	—	$582,800
Housing units	32	2,024
Homeownership rate	62.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	473 → 355 (-24.9%)
Median household income	—	$99,063 → $131,875 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$491,200 → $582,800 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Shaver Lake

Population

473355

Median household income

$99,063$131,875

Median home value

$491,200$582,800

Median gross rent

$950$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
Under 5	21.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	2.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	4.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	21.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	3.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	23.5%	40.3%
75 and over	11.3%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
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%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	15.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
Drove alone	93.9%	57.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	27.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
1-unit, detached	71.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowles	Shaver Lake
Poverty rate	49.3%	4.8%
Average household size	4.63	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	—	69
Median year structure built	1974	1988