Bowlus vs Elmdale

A side-by-side comparison of Bowlus and Elmdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowlus and Elmdale are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowlus has the higher population (267 vs 185 in Elmdale). Elmdale has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $75,208 in Bowlus). Elmdale has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $146,900 in Bowlus).

Population, income & housing

	Bowlus	Elmdale
Population	267	185
Median age	41.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$141,250
Median home value	$146,900	$268,800
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	134	58
Homeownership rate	74.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowlus	Elmdale
Population	285 → 267 (-6.3%)	81 → 185 (+128.4%)
Median household income	$50,556 → $75,208 (+48.8%)	$51,250 → $141,250 (+175.6%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $146,900 (+25.7%)	$118,800 → $268,800 (+126.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $925 (+16.9%)	—

Bowlus

Population

285267

Median household income

$50,556$75,208

Median home value

$116,900$146,900

Median gross rent

$791$925

Elmdale

Population

81185

Median household income

$51,250$141,250

Median home value

$118,800$268,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowlus	Elmdale
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.2%	16.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	31.4%
55 to 64	19.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowlus	Elmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowlus	Elmdale
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	52.2%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowlus	Elmdale
Drove alone	87.2%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowlus	Elmdale
1-unit, detached	88.8%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowlus	Elmdale
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.10	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1938	1962