Bowler vs Caroline

A side-by-side comparison of Bowler and Caroline: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowler and Caroline are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caroline has the higher population (447 vs 309 in Bowler). Caroline has the higher median household income ($73,036 vs $53,750 in Bowler). Bowler has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $123,700 in Caroline).

Population, income & housing

	Bowler	Caroline
Population	309	447
Median age	33.4 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$73,036
Median home value	$133,800	$123,700
Median gross rent	$704	$1,639
Housing units	138	128
Homeownership rate	75.8%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowler	Caroline
Population	400 → 309 (-22.8%)	229 → 447 (+95.2%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $53,750 (+34.4%)	$58,750 → $73,036 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $133,800 (+63.8%)	$118,300 → $123,700 (+4.6%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $704 (-5.1%)	$1,625 → $1,639 (+0.9%)

Bowler

Population

400309

Median household income

$40,000$53,750

Median home value

$81,700$133,800

Median gross rent

$742$704

Caroline

Population

229447

Median household income

$58,750$73,036

Median home value

$118,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowler	Caroline
Under 5	8.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	29.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.6%
75 and over	3.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowler	Caroline
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	3.4%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowler	Caroline
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	43.8%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowler	Caroline
Drove alone	91.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowler	Caroline
1-unit, detached	82.6%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowler	Caroline
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.41	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1971	1951