Bowen vs Nauvoo

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

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

Nauvoo has the higher population (911 vs 710 in Bowen). Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $49,750 in Nauvoo). Nauvoo has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $74,400 in Bowen).

Population, income & housing

	Bowen	Nauvoo
Population	710	911
Median age	28.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,263	$49,750
Median home value	$74,400	$118,000
Median gross rent	$539	$800
Housing units	215	618
Homeownership rate	85.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowen	Nauvoo
Population	543 → 710 (+30.8%)	990 → 911 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)	$53,370 → $49,750 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)	$103,300 → $118,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)	$696 → $800 (+14.9%)

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

Nauvoo

Population

990911

Median household income

$53,370$49,750

Median home value

$103,300$118,000

Median gross rent

$696$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowen	Nauvoo
Under 5	13.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	2.9%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	22.2%
75 and over	4.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowen	Nauvoo
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowen	Nauvoo
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowen	Nauvoo
Drove alone	79.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowen	Nauvoo
1-unit, detached	81.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Bowen	Nauvoo
Poverty rate	10.0%	32.8%
Average household size	3.41	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1955	1965