Cowden vs Sigel

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

Cowden and Sigel 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 476 in Sigel). Sigel has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Sigel has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $76,200 in Cowden).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Sigel
Population	547	476
Median age	27.3 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$84,861
Median home value	$76,200	$161,500
Median gross rent	$767	$663
Housing units	237	164
Homeownership rate	55.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Sigel
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	378 → 476 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$78,750 → $84,861 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$144,800 → $161,500 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$775 → $663 (-14.5%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Sigel

Population

378476

Median household income

$78,750$84,861

Median home value

$144,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$775$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Sigel
Under 5	15.2%	17.9%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.5%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Sigel
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.9%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Sigel
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Sigel
Drove alone	90.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Sigel
1-unit, detached	64.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Sigel
Poverty rate	27.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.58	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1972	1962