Bowles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States.

Bowles is located 11 miles (18 km) south of downtown Fresno,[6] at an elevation of 279 feet (85 m).

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all of it land.

[6] Bowles was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Valley Division.

6 households (17.6%) were made up of individuals, and 2 (5.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 35 housing units at an average density of 91.0 per square mile (35.1/km2).

11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 21.7% of families and 34.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 60.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.