Bowlus vs Flensburg

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

Bowlus and Flensburg 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 213 in Flensburg). Flensburg has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $75,208 in Bowlus). Flensburg has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $146,900 in Bowlus).

Population, income & housing

	Bowlus	Flensburg
Population	267	213
Median age	41.7 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$107,500
Median home value	$146,900	$188,100
Median gross rent	$925	$631
Housing units	134	104
Homeownership rate	74.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowlus	Flensburg
Population	285 → 267 (-6.3%)	207 → 213 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$50,556 → $75,208 (+48.8%)	$43,542 → $107,500 (+146.9%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $146,900 (+25.7%)	$151,300 → $188,100 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $925 (+16.9%)	$579 → $631 (+9.0%)

Bowlus

Population

285267

Median household income

$50,556$75,208

Median home value

$116,900$146,900

Median gross rent

$791$925

Flensburg

Population

207213

Median household income

$43,542$107,500

Median home value

$151,300$188,100

Median gross rent

$579$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowlus	Flensburg
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	14.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	19.9%	28.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.0%
75 and over	8.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowlus	Flensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	86.4%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowlus	Flensburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	52.2%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowlus	Flensburg
Drove alone	87.2%	88.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowlus	Flensburg
1-unit, detached	88.8%	96.2%
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%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowlus	Flensburg
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1938	1962