Bowie vs Nocona Hills

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

Bowie and Nocona Hills 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 633 in Nocona Hills). Nocona Hills has the higher median household income ($59,145 vs $57,299 in Bowie). Bowie has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $148,900 in Nocona Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
Population	5,617	633
Median age	34.0 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,299	$59,145
Median home value	$182,400	$148,900
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,057
Housing units	2,564	501
Homeownership rate	65.6%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
Population	5,050 → 5,617 (+11.2%)	674 → 633 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$40,720 → $57,299 (+40.7%)	$39,583 → $59,145 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $182,400 (+116.4%)	$157,200 → $148,900 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,139 (+19.9%)	$625 → $1,057 (+69.1%)

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 Hills

Population

674633

Median household income

$39,583$59,145

Median home value

$157,200$148,900

Median gross rent

$625$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
Under 5	7.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	28.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	27.6%
75 and over	11.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	2.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
No high school diploma	13.0%	28.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
Drove alone	80.9%	88.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
1-unit, detached	77.9%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	Nocona Hills
Poverty rate	16.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1971	1987