Bowie vs St. Jo

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

Bowie and St. Jo 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 876 in St. Jo). St. Jo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $57,299 in Bowie). Bowie has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $146,900 in St. Jo).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie	St. Jo
Population	5,617	876
Median age	34.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,299	$68,750
Median home value	$182,400	$146,900
Median gross rent	$1,139	$483
Housing units	2,564	406
Homeownership rate	65.6%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie	St. Jo
Population	5,050 → 5,617 (+11.2%)	897 → 876 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$40,720 → $57,299 (+40.7%)	$42,841 → $68,750 (+60.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $182,400 (+116.4%)	$98,200 → $146,900 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,139 (+19.9%)	$650 → $483 (-25.7%)

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

St. Jo

Population

897876

Median household income

$42,841$68,750

Median home value

$98,200$146,900

Median gross rent

$650$483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie	St. Jo
Under 5	7.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	30.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie	St. Jo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	92.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie	St. Jo
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	41.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie	St. Jo
Drove alone	80.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie	St. Jo
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowie	St. Jo
Poverty rate	16.8%	18.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1971	1971