Cowden vs Moweaqua

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

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

Moweaqua has the higher population (2,093 vs 547 in Cowden). Moweaqua has the higher median household income ($71,364 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Moweaqua has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $76,200 in Cowden).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Moweaqua
Population	547	2,093
Median age	27.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$71,364
Median home value	$76,200	$110,400
Median gross rent	$767	$895
Housing units	237	828
Homeownership rate	55.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Moweaqua
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	1,985 → 2,093 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$60,357 → $71,364 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$89,600 → $110,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$739 → $895 (+21.1%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Moweaqua

Population

1,9852,093

Median household income

$60,357$71,364

Median home value

$89,600$110,400

Median gross rent

$739$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Moweaqua
Under 5	15.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Moweaqua
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Moweaqua
No high school diploma	7.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Moweaqua
Drove alone	90.1%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Moweaqua
1-unit, detached	64.1%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Moweaqua
Poverty rate	27.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1959