Bovina vs Farwell

A side-by-side comparison of Bovina and Farwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bovina has the higher population (1,490 vs 1,359 in Farwell). Farwell has the higher median household income ($56,932 vs $42,833 in Bovina). Farwell has the higher median home value ($129,800 vs $111,900 in Bovina).

Population, income & housing

	Bovina	Farwell
Population	1,490	1,359
Median age	34.0 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,833	$56,932
Median home value	$111,900	$129,800
Median gross rent	$876	$1,153
Housing units	534	559
Homeownership rate	68.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bovina	Farwell
Population	1,452 → 1,490 (+2.6%)	1,264 → 1,359 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$34,847 → $42,833 (+22.9%)	$46,389 → $56,932 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $111,900 (+43.6%)	$103,600 → $129,800 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $876 (+31.5%)	$678 → $1,153 (+70.1%)

Bovina

Population

1,4521,490

Median household income

$34,847$42,833

Median home value

$77,900$111,900

Median gross rent

$666$876

Farwell

Population

1,2641,359

Median household income

$46,389$56,932

Median home value

$103,600$129,800

Median gross rent

$678$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bovina	Farwell
Under 5	7.2%	11.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.1%
75 and over	2.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bovina	Farwell
White (non-Hispanic)	9.1%	47.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	50.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bovina	Farwell
No high school diploma	41.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bovina	Farwell
Drove alone	74.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	18.9%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.1%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bovina	Farwell
1-unit, detached	84.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bovina	Farwell
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.2%
Average household size	3.23	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1966	1970