Bowerston vs Harrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Bowerston and Harrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowerston has the higher population (446 vs 197 in Harrisville). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $71,300 in Bowerston). Since 2019, Bowerston's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowerston	Harrisville
Population	446	197
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,208
Median home value	$71,300	$75,000
Median gross rent	$542	—
Housing units	207	87
Homeownership rate	68.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowerston	Harrisville
Population	456 → 446 (-2.2%)	206 → 197 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $29,167 (+11.1%)	$56,719 → $65,208 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $71,300 (+14.8%)	$79,400 → $75,000 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $542 (+41.5%)	—

Bowerston

Population

456446

Median household income

$26,250$29,167

Median home value

$62,100$71,300

Median gross rent

$383$542

Harrisville

Population

206197

Median household income

$56,719$65,208

Median home value

$79,400$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowerston	Harrisville
Under 5	3.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	16.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.8%
75 and over	10.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowerston	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowerston	Harrisville
No high school diploma	15.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	56.9%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowerston	Harrisville
Drove alone	88.7%	85.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowerston	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	74.9%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowerston	Harrisville
Poverty rate	31.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1938	1952