Cowden vs Herrick

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

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

Cowden has the higher population (547 vs 405 in Herrick). Herrick has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Cowden has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $70,800 in Herrick).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Herrick
Population	547	405
Median age	27.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$58,750
Median home value	$76,200	$70,800
Median gross rent	$767	$1,063
Housing units	237	163
Homeownership rate	55.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Herrick
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	328 → 405 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$39,219 → $58,750 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$47,100 → $70,800 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$528 → $1,063 (+101.3%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Herrick

Population

328405

Median household income

$39,219$58,750

Median home value

$47,100$70,800

Median gross rent

$528$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Herrick
Under 5	15.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.4%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Herrick
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Herrick
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.9%	55.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Herrick
Drove alone	90.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Herrick
1-unit, detached	64.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Herrick
Poverty rate	27.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1972	1975