Augusta vs Bowen

A side-by-side comparison of Augusta and Bowen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 710. Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $41,094 in Augusta). Augusta has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $74,400 in Bowen).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta	Bowen
Population	710	710
Median age	42.1 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,094	$70,263
Median home value	$86,500	$74,400
Median gross rent	$639	$539
Housing units	375	215
Homeownership rate	80.9%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta	Bowen
Population	517 → 710 (+37.3%)	543 → 710 (+30.8%)
Median household income	$37,976 → $41,094 (+8.2%)	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $86,500 (+48.1%)	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $639 (+17.5%)	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)

Augusta

Population

517710

Median household income

$37,976$41,094

Median home value

$58,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$544$639

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Augusta	Bowen
Under 5	10.1%	13.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.6%
75 and over	9.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta	Bowen
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta	Bowen
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta	Bowen
Drove alone	87.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta	Bowen
1-unit, detached	84.8%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Augusta	Bowen
Poverty rate	18.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1957	1955