Bowbells vs Powers Lake

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

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

Powers Lake has the higher population (292 vs 267 in Bowbells). Bowbells has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $77,750 in Powers Lake). Powers Lake has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $113,600 in Bowbells).

Population, income & housing

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
Population	267	292
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,938	$77,750
Median home value	$113,600	$165,000
Median gross rent	$525	$1,074
Housing units	214	201
Homeownership rate	73.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
Population	320 → 267 (-16.6%)	293 → 292 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $80,938 (-3.4%)	$54,625 → $77,750 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $113,600 (+33.6%)	$143,200 → $165,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $525 (-23.4%)	$1,090 → $1,074 (-1.5%)

Bowbells

Population

320267

Median household income

$83,750$80,938

Median home value

$85,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$685$525

Powers Lake

Population

293292

Median household income

$54,625$77,750

Median home value

$143,200$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
Under 5	3.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	24.0%	5.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.9%
75 and over	9.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	78.0%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowbells	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	4.1%	15.8%
Average household size	1.85	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1966	1964