Big Bow vs Johnson City

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bow and Johnson City: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bow and Johnson City are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnson City has the higher population (1,244 vs 148 in Big Bow). Big Bow has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $69,081 in Johnson City). Since 2019, Big Bow's population has grown faster (+37.0% vs +8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bow	Johnson City
Population	148	1,244
Median age	34.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$69,081
Median home value	—	$62,100
Median gross rent	—	$698
Housing units	30	636
Homeownership rate	54.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bow	Johnson City
Population	108 → 148 (+37.0%)	1,142 → 1,244 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $88,333 (+3434.7%)	$50,179 → $69,081 (+37.7%)
Median home value	—	$75,200 → $62,100 (-17.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $698 (-3.1%)

Big Bow

Population

108148

Median household income

$2,499$88,333

Johnson City

Population

1,1421,244

Median household income

$50,179$69,081

Median home value

$75,200$62,100

Median gross rent

$720$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bow	Johnson City
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	30.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	3.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	44.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.7%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bow	Johnson City
White (non-Hispanic)	25.7%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	74.3%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bow	Johnson City
No high school diploma	80.2%	17.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	1.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bow	Johnson City
Drove alone	36.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	63.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bow	Johnson City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Bow	Johnson City
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.8%
Average household size	6.73	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	1957	1968