Bowles vs Three Rocks

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

Bowles and Three Rocks 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 180 in Three Rocks). Bowles has the higher median household income ($138,167 vs $85,208 in Three Rocks). Since 2019, Bowles's population has grown faster (-25.0% vs -27.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowles	Three Rocks
Population	204	180
Median age	46.5 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$138,167	$85,208
Median home value	—	$144,800
Housing units	32	56
Homeownership rate	62.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowles	Three Rocks
Population	272 → 204 (-25.0%)	249 → 180 (-27.7%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $356,300 (+7.7%)	$162,500 → $144,800 (-10.9%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,100 (+17.3%)	—

Bowles

Population

272204

Median home value

$330,800$356,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,100

Three Rocks

Population

249180

Median home value

$162,500$144,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowles	Three Rocks
Under 5	21.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	6.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	2.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	4.4%	3.9%
45 to 54	21.6%	24.4%
55 to 64	3.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	23.5%	6.7%
75 and over	11.3%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowles	Three Rocks
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	0.0%
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%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowles	Three Rocks
No high school diploma	16.3%	45.7%
High school graduate	15.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowles	Three Rocks
Drove alone	93.9%	69.3%
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%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowles	Three Rocks
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	Three Rocks
Poverty rate	49.3%	12.2%
Average household size	4.63	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1974	1967