Fowler vs Westphalia

A side-by-side comparison of Fowler and Westphalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Fowler and Westphalia are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fowler has the higher population (1,446 vs 890 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($74,750 vs $72,261 in Fowler). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $194,400 in Fowler).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Westphalia
Population	1,446	890
Median age	42.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,261	$74,750
Median home value	$194,400	$225,700
Median gross rent	$779	$883
Housing units	634	357
Homeownership rate	86.3%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Westphalia
Population	1,369 → 1,446 (+5.6%)	989 → 890 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$59,464 → $72,261 (+21.5%)	$59,196 → $74,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $194,400 (+35.8%)	$158,600 → $225,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $779 (+10.2%)	$688 → $883 (+28.3%)

Fowler

Population

1,3691,446

Median household income

$59,464$72,261

Median home value

$143,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$707$779

Westphalia

Population

989890

Median household income

$59,196$74,750

Median home value

$158,600$225,700

Median gross rent

$688$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowler	Westphalia
Under 5	6.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.6%
75 and over	4.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Westphalia
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Westphalia
Drove alone	80.8%	66.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.2%	22.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	93.4%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Westphalia
Poverty rate	1.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1963	1967