Bowen vs Dallas City

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

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

Dallas City has the higher population (938 vs 710 in Bowen). Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $60,662 in Dallas City). Dallas City has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $74,400 in Bowen).

Population, income & housing

	Bowen	Dallas City
Population	710	938
Median age	28.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,263	$60,662
Median home value	$74,400	$80,800
Median gross rent	$539	$838
Housing units	215	539
Homeownership rate	85.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowen	Dallas City
Population	543 → 710 (+30.8%)	1,049 → 938 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)	$43,750 → $60,662 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)	$71,100 → $80,800 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)	$583 → $838 (+43.7%)

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

Dallas City

Population

1,049938

Median household income

$43,750$60,662

Median home value

$71,100$80,800

Median gross rent

$583$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowen	Dallas City
Under 5	13.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.0%
75 and over	4.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowen	Dallas City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowen	Dallas City
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowen	Dallas City
Drove alone	79.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	2.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowen	Dallas City
1-unit, detached	81.4%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bowen	Dallas City
Poverty rate	10.0%	20.9%
Average household size	3.41	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1955	1962