Cowan vs Knights Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Cowan and Knights Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cowan has the higher population (497 vs 81 in Knights Ferry). Cowan has the higher median household income ($80,101 vs $63,375 in Knights Ferry). Since 2019, Knights Ferry's population has grown faster (+30.6% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
Population	497	81
Median age	21.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,101	$63,375
Housing units	160	33
Homeownership rate	63.6%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
Population	498 → 497 (-0.2%)	62 → 81 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$65,411 → $80,101 (+22.5%)	$57,292 → $63,375 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$266,000 → $261,900 (-1.5%)	$494,400 → $625,000 (+26.4%)

Cowan

Population

498497

Median household income

$65,411$80,101

Median home value

$266,000$261,900

Knights Ferry

Population

6281

Median household income

$57,292$63,375

Median home value

$494,400$625,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
Under 5	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	30.6%	32.1%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	19.8%
55 to 64	0.8%	25.9%
65 to 74	2.4%	8.6%
75 and over	8.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	55.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	30.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
No high school diploma	29.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
Drove alone	89.8%	39.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	44.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
1-unit, detached	75.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Knights Ferry
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	4.11	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1979	1974