Bowbells vs Portal

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

Bowbells and Portal 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 136 in Portal). Portal has the higher median household income ($112,031 vs $80,938 in Bowbells). Bowbells has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $78,200 in Portal).

Population, income & housing

	Bowbells	Portal
Population	267	136
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,938	$112,031
Median home value	$113,600	$78,200
Median gross rent	$525	$678
Housing units	214	96
Homeownership rate	73.6%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowbells	Portal
Population	320 → 267 (-16.6%)	148 → 136 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $80,938 (-3.4%)	$99,375 → $112,031 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $113,600 (+33.6%)	$71,700 → $78,200 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $525 (-23.4%)	$690 → $678 (-1.7%)

Bowbells

Population

320267

Median household income

$83,750$80,938

Median home value

$85,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$685$525

Portal

Population

148136

Median household income

$99,375$112,031

Median home value

$71,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$690$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowbells	Portal
Under 5	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	27.9%
35 to 44	3.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	22.8%
55 to 64	24.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	0.7%
75 and over	9.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowbells	Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.9%
Asian	8.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowbells	Portal
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	43.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowbells	Portal
Drove alone	78.5%	67.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowbells	Portal
1-unit, detached	78.0%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowbells	Portal
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.6%
Average household size	1.85	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1966	1974