Bowersville vs Wilberforce

A side-by-side comparison of Bowersville and Wilberforce: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowersville and Wilberforce are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilberforce has the higher population (1,992 vs 237 in Bowersville). Wilberforce has the higher median household income ($83,036 vs $54,432 in Bowersville). Wilberforce has the higher median home value ($208,100 vs $114,600 in Bowersville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
Population	237	1,992
Median age	39.5 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$83,036
Median home value	$114,600	$208,100
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	101	383
Homeownership rate	64.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
Population	350 → 237 (-32.3%)	2,311 → 1,992 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $54,432 (+32.0%)	$76,036 → $83,036 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $114,600 (+40.1%)	$141,700 → $208,100 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $967 (+17.8%)	$1,125 → $1,113 (-1.1%)

Bowersville

Population

350237

Median household income

$41,250$54,432

Median home value

$81,800$114,600

Median gross rent

$821$967

Wilberforce

Population

2,3111,992

Median household income

$76,036$83,036

Median home value

$141,700$208,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	5.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	74.7%
25 to 34	3.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	23.6%	0.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	3.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	2.9%
75 and over	3.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	30.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	60.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
Drove alone	76.2%	42.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	44.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
1-unit, detached	95.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowersville	Wilberforce
Poverty rate	1.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1945	1975