Bowers vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Bowers and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowers and Farmington are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowers has the higher population (273 vs 218 in Farmington). Bowers has the higher median home value ($297,500 vs $140,900 in Farmington). Since 2019, Farmington's population has grown faster (+78.7% vs -14.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowers	Farmington
Population	273	218
Median age	63.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	—
Median home value	$297,500	$140,900
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	274	110
Homeownership rate	82.9%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	41.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowers	Farmington
Population	319 → 273 (-14.4%)	122 → 218 (+78.7%)
Median household income	$45,568 → $76,406 (+67.7%)	—
Median home value	$217,000 → $297,500 (+37.1%)	$150,000 → $140,900 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,063 (+9.2%)	—

Bowers

Population

319273

Median household income

$45,568$76,406

Median home value

$217,000$297,500

Median gross rent

$973$1,063

Farmington

Population

122218

Median home value

$150,000$140,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowers	Farmington
Under 5	1.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	4.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	5.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	30.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	24.5%	4.1%
75 and over	20.5%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowers	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	60.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	38.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowers	Farmington
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowers	Farmington
Drove alone	73.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.0%
Other means	15.9%	14.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowers	Farmington
1-unit, detached	72.6%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowers	Farmington
Poverty rate	6.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1976	1994