Bowen vs Plymouth

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

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

Bowen has the higher population (710 vs 512 in Plymouth). Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $39,750 in Plymouth). Bowen has the higher median home value ($74,400 vs $55,500 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Bowen	Plymouth
Population	710	512
Median age	28.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,263	$39,750
Median home value	$74,400	$55,500
Median gross rent	$539	$796
Housing units	215	251
Homeownership rate	85.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowen	Plymouth
Population	543 → 710 (+30.8%)	445 → 512 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)	$38,750 → $39,750 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)	$38,800 → $55,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)	$636 → $796 (+25.2%)

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

Plymouth

Population

445512

Median household income

$38,750$39,750

Median home value

$38,800$55,500

Median gross rent

$636$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowen	Plymouth
Under 5	13.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	17.2%
75 and over	4.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowen	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowen	Plymouth
No high school diploma	8.5%	17.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowen	Plymouth
Drove alone	79.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowen	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	81.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowen	Plymouth
Poverty rate	10.0%	29.5%
Average household size	3.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1955	1948