Bowbells vs Flaxton

A side-by-side comparison of Bowbells and Flaxton: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowbells and Flaxton are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowbells has the higher population (267 vs 24 in Flaxton). Bowbells has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $23,750 in Flaxton). Bowbells has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $38,500 in Flaxton).

Population, income & housing

	Bowbells	Flaxton
Population	267	24
Median age	50.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,938	$23,750
Median home value	$113,600	$38,500
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	214	85
Homeownership rate	73.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowbells	Flaxton
Population	320 → 267 (-16.6%)	134 → 24 (-82.1%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $80,938 (-3.4%)	$84,167 → $23,750 (-71.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $113,600 (+33.6%)	$32,900 → $38,500 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $525 (-23.4%)	—

Bowbells

Population

320267

Median household income

$83,750$80,938

Median home value

$85,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$685$525

Flaxton

Population

13424

Median household income

$84,167$23,750

Median home value

$32,900$38,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowbells	Flaxton
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	3.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.0%	29.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	0.0%
75 and over	9.7%	45.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowbells	Flaxton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowbells	Flaxton
No high school diploma	4.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	41.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowbells	Flaxton
Drove alone	78.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowbells	Flaxton
1-unit, detached	78.0%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowbells	Flaxton
Poverty rate	4.1%	8.3%
Average household size	1.85	1.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1966	1948