Cowden vs Findlay

A side-by-side comparison of Cowden and Findlay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Findlay has the higher population (671 vs 547 in Cowden). Findlay has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Findlay has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $76,200 in Cowden).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Findlay
Population	547	671
Median age	27.3 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$55,625
Median home value	$76,200	$90,800
Median gross rent	$767	$842
Housing units	237	308
Homeownership rate	55.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Findlay
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	702 → 671 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$45,703 → $55,625 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$71,800 → $90,800 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$708 → $842 (+18.9%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Findlay

Population

702671

Median household income

$45,703$55,625

Median home value

$71,800$90,800

Median gross rent

$708$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Findlay
Under 5	15.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.1%
75 and over	8.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Findlay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Findlay
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Findlay
Drove alone	90.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Findlay
1-unit, detached	64.1%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Findlay
Poverty rate	27.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1972	1957