Bowie vs Nocona

A side-by-side comparison of Bowie and Nocona: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowie and Nocona are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowie has the higher population (5,617 vs 3,073 in Nocona). Bowie has the higher median household income ($57,299 vs $45,536 in Nocona). Bowie has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $114,900 in Nocona).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Nocona
Population	5,617	3,073
Median age	34.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,299	$45,536
Median home value	$182,400	$114,900
Median gross rent	$1,139	$717
Housing units	2,564	1,367
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Nocona
Population	5,050 → 5,617 (+11.2%)	2,960 → 3,073 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$40,720 → $57,299 (+40.7%)	$32,242 → $45,536 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $182,400 (+116.4%)	$64,100 → $114,900 (+79.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,139 (+19.9%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Bowie

Population

5,0505,617

Median household income

$40,720$57,299

Median home value

$84,300$182,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,139

Nocona

Population

2,9603,073

Median household income

$32,242$45,536

Median home value

$64,100$114,900

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Nocona
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.1%
75 and over	11.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Nocona
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Nocona
No high school diploma	13.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Nocona
Drove alone	80.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Nocona
1-unit, detached	77.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Nocona
Poverty rate	16.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1971	1966