Dowell vs Makanda

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

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

Makanda has the higher population (550 vs 287 in Dowell). Makanda has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $51,625 in Dowell). Makanda has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $42,100 in Dowell).

Population, income & housing

	Dowell	Makanda
Population	287	550
Median age	39.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,625	$72,083
Median home value	$42,100	$241,300
Median gross rent	—	$911
Housing units	154	243
Homeownership rate	95.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowell	Makanda
Population	428 → 287 (-32.9%)	588 → 550 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$35,781 → $51,625 (+44.3%)	$68,750 → $72,083 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $42,100 (+11.1%)	$231,100 → $241,300 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $800 (+4.2%)	$1,013 → $911 (-10.1%)

Dowell

Population

428287

Median household income

$35,781$51,625

Median home value

$37,900$42,100

Median gross rent

$768$800

Makanda

Population

588550

Median household income

$68,750$72,083

Median home value

$231,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,013$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowell	Makanda
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	20.7%
75 and over	6.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowell	Makanda
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowell	Makanda
No high school diploma	10.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowell	Makanda
Drove alone	89.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowell	Makanda
1-unit, detached	58.4%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.6%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Dowell	Makanda
Poverty rate	15.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1966	1993