Cooksville vs Towanda

A side-by-side comparison of Cooksville and Towanda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Towanda has the higher population (356 vs 191 in Cooksville). Towanda has the higher median household income ($78,611 vs $55,000 in Cooksville). Towanda has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $107,800 in Cooksville).

Population, income & housing

	Cooksville	Towanda
Population	191	356
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$78,611
Median home value	$107,800	$158,200
Median gross rent	$825	$942
Housing units	82	178
Homeownership rate	65.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooksville	Towanda
Population	164 → 191 (+16.5%)	436 → 356 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $55,000 (-17.0%)	$62,917 → $78,611 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $107,800 (+15.3%)	$137,200 → $158,200 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $825 (+10.0%)	$721 → $942 (+30.7%)

Cooksville

Population

164191

Median household income

$66,250$55,000

Median home value

$93,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$750$825

Towanda

Population

436356

Median household income

$62,917$78,611

Median home value

$137,200$158,200

Median gross rent

$721$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooksville	Towanda
Under 5	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.3%
75 and over	1.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooksville	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	98.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooksville	Towanda
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooksville	Towanda
Drove alone	79.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	9.2%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooksville	Towanda
1-unit, detached	90.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooksville	Towanda
Poverty rate	34.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1950	1954