Bowen vs La Harpe

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

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

La Harpe has the higher population (1,085 vs 710 in Bowen). Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $49,028 in La Harpe). La Harpe has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $74,400 in Bowen).

Population, income & housing

	Bowen	La Harpe
Population	710	1,085
Median age	28.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,263	$49,028
Median home value	$74,400	$84,200
Median gross rent	$539	—
Housing units	215	582
Homeownership rate	85.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowen	La Harpe
Population	543 → 710 (+30.8%)	1,319 → 1,085 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)	$40,833 → $49,028 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)	$68,200 → $84,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)	$659 → $475 (-27.9%)

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

La Harpe

Population

1,3191,085

Median household income

$40,833$49,028

Median home value

$68,200$84,200

Median gross rent

$659$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowen	La Harpe
Under 5	13.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	17.6%
75 and over	4.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowen	La Harpe
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	93.5%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowen	La Harpe
No high school diploma	8.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowen	La Harpe
Drove alone	79.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowen	La Harpe
1-unit, detached	81.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowen	La Harpe
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.7%
Average household size	3.41	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1955	1965