Fowler vs Paloma

A side-by-side comparison of Fowler and Paloma: population, income, housing, and more.

Fowler and Paloma are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paloma has the higher population (104 vs 96 in Fowler). Since 2019, Fowler's population has grown faster (+11.6% vs -40.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Paloma
Population	96	104
Median age	59.9 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median home value	$85,400	—
Housing units	86	24
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Paloma
Population	86 → 96 (+11.6%)	174 → 104 (-40.2%)
Median home value	—	$96,400 → $126,600 (+31.3%)

Fowler

Population

8696

Paloma

Population

174104

Median home value

$96,400$126,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowler	Paloma
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	41.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	25.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	37.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Paloma
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Paloma
No high school diploma	23.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	76.5%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Paloma
Drove alone	100.0%	39.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	60.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Paloma
1-unit, detached	75.6%	100.0%
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	24.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Paloma
Poverty rate	24.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.68	4.33
Median year structure built	1973	—