Bow Valley vs Fordyce

A side-by-side comparison of Bow Valley and Fordyce: population, income, housing, and more.

Bow Valley and Fordyce are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fordyce has the higher population (234 vs 108 in Bow Valley). Bow Valley has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $81,250 in Fordyce). Bow Valley has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $101,400 in Fordyce).

Population, income & housing

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
Population	108	234
Median age	50.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$81,250
Median home value	$184,400	$101,400
Housing units	49	84
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
Population	77 → 108 (+40.3%)	154 → 234 (+51.9%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $83,125 (+17.7%)	$43,125 → $81,250 (+88.4%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $184,400 (+95.8%)	$70,000 → $101,400 (+44.9%)

Bow Valley

Population

77108

Median household income

$70,625$83,125

Median home value

$94,200$184,400

Fordyce

Population

154234

Median household income

$43,125$81,250

Median home value

$70,000$101,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
Under 5	2.8%	12.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	27.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	28.7%	2.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.4%
75 and over	10.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
Drove alone	97.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bow Valley	Fordyce
Poverty rate	3.7%	18.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1975	1948