Bowers vs Woodside

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

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

Woodside has the higher population (309 vs 273 in Bowers). Woodside has the higher median household income ($77,176 vs $76,406 in Bowers). Bowers has the higher median home value ($297,500 vs $259,100 in Woodside).

Population, income & housing

	Bowers	Woodside
Population	273	309
Median age	63.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	$77,176
Median home value	$297,500	$259,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,366
Housing units	274	97
Homeownership rate	82.9%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowers	Woodside
Population	319 → 273 (-14.4%)	149 → 309 (+107.4%)
Median household income	$45,568 → $76,406 (+67.7%)	$46,250 → $77,176 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $297,500 (+37.1%)	$168,800 → $259,100 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,063 (+9.2%)	$965 → $1,366 (+41.6%)

Bowers

Population

319273

Median household income

$45,568$76,406

Median home value

$217,000$297,500

Median gross rent

$973$1,063

Woodside

Population

149309

Median household income

$46,250$77,176

Median home value

$168,800$259,100

Median gross rent

$965$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowers	Woodside
Under 5	1.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	4.8%	34.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	5.5%	19.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	5.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	24.5%	2.3%
75 and over	20.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowers	Woodside
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	46.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	41.4%
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%	8.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowers	Woodside
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowers	Woodside
Drove alone	73.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.0%
Other means	15.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowers	Woodside
1-unit, detached	72.6%	71.1%
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%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowers	Woodside
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.33	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1976	1971