Dowell vs Gorham

A side-by-side comparison of Dowell and Gorham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dowell has the higher population (287 vs 186 in Gorham). Dowell has the higher median household income ($51,625 vs $42,083 in Gorham). Dowell has the higher median home value ($42,100 vs $22,500 in Gorham).

Population, income & housing

	Dowell	Gorham
Population	287	186
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,625	$42,083
Median home value	$42,100	$22,500
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	154	110
Homeownership rate	95.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	31.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowell	Gorham
Population	428 → 287 (-32.9%)	248 → 186 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$35,781 → $51,625 (+44.3%)	$23,438 → $42,083 (+79.6%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $42,100 (+11.1%)	$28,000 → $22,500 (-19.6%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $800 (+4.2%)	$470 → $575 (+22.3%)

Dowell

Population

428287

Median household income

$35,781$51,625

Median home value

$37,900$42,100

Median gross rent

$768$800

Gorham

Population

248186

Median household income

$23,438$42,083

Median home value

$28,000$22,500

Median gross rent

$470$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowell	Gorham
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	19.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	6.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowell	Gorham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowell	Gorham
No high school diploma	10.3%	24.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowell	Gorham
Drove alone	89.9%	93.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	5.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowell	Gorham
1-unit, detached	58.4%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Dowell	Gorham
Poverty rate	15.7%	27.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1966	1946