Bowen vs Warsaw

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

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

Warsaw has the higher population (1,511 vs 710 in Bowen). Bowen has the higher median household income ($70,263 vs $58,074 in Warsaw). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $74,400 in Bowen).

Population, income & housing

	Bowen	Warsaw
Population	710	1,511
Median age	28.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,263	$58,074
Median home value	$74,400	$90,700
Median gross rent	$539	$769
Housing units	215	810
Homeownership rate	85.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowen	Warsaw
Population	543 → 710 (+30.8%)	1,690 → 1,511 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $70,263 (+21.4%)	$54,758 → $58,074 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $74,400 (+33.6%)	$82,700 → $90,700 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $539 (-3.4%)	$631 → $769 (+21.9%)

Bowen

Population

543710

Median household income

$57,857$70,263

Median home value

$55,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$558$539

Warsaw

Population

1,6901,511

Median household income

$54,758$58,074

Median home value

$82,700$90,700

Median gross rent

$631$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowen	Warsaw
Under 5	13.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	23.1%
75 and over	4.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowen	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowen	Warsaw
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowen	Warsaw
Drove alone	79.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowen	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	81.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowen	Warsaw
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.5%
Average household size	3.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1955	1971