Dowell vs Grand Tower

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

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

Grand Tower has the higher population (551 vs 287 in Dowell). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $51,625 in Dowell). Dowell has the higher median home value ($42,100 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Dowell	Grand Tower
Population	287	551
Median age	39.4 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,625	$59,375
Median home value	$42,100	$24,500
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	154	245
Homeownership rate	95.0%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowell	Grand Tower
Population	428 → 287 (-32.9%)	565 → 551 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$35,781 → $51,625 (+44.3%)	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $42,100 (+11.1%)	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $800 (+4.2%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Dowell

Population

428287

Median household income

$35,781$51,625

Median home value

$37,900$42,100

Median gross rent

$768$800

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowell	Grand Tower
Under 5	5.9%	12.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	23.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.6%
75 and over	6.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowell	Grand Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	86.2%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowell	Grand Tower
No high school diploma	10.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowell	Grand Tower
Drove alone	89.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowell	Grand Tower
1-unit, detached	58.4%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Dowell	Grand Tower
Poverty rate	15.7%	22.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	40
Median year structure built	1966	1960