Bow vs Lake McMurray

A side-by-side comparison of Bow and Lake McMurray: population, income, housing, and more.

Bow and Lake McMurray are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bow has the higher population (584 vs 533 in Lake McMurray). Bow has the higher median home value ($361,900 vs $291,700 in Lake McMurray). Since 2019, Lake McMurray's population has grown faster (+246.1% vs +30.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bow	Lake McMurray
Population	584	533
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,017	—
Median home value	$361,900	$291,700
Housing units	199	262
Homeownership rate	89.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bow	Lake McMurray
Population	447 → 584 (+30.6%)	154 → 533 (+246.1%)
Median household income	$56,857 → $67,017 (+17.9%)	$106,250 → $41,875 (-60.6%)
Median home value	$269,500 → $361,900 (+34.3%)	$467,600 → $291,700 (-37.6%)

Bow

Population

447584

Median household income

$56,857$67,017

Median home value

$269,500$361,900

Lake McMurray

Population

154533

Median household income

$106,250$41,875

Median home value

$467,600$291,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bow	Lake McMurray
Under 5	9.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	2.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	22.7%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bow	Lake McMurray
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bow	Lake McMurray
No high school diploma	26.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bow	Lake McMurray
Drove alone	95.8%	95.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bow	Lake McMurray
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Bow	Lake McMurray
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1963	1982