Cowden vs Stewardson

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

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

Stewardson has the higher population (830 vs 547 in Cowden). Stewardson has the higher median household income ($58,571 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Stewardson has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $76,200 in Cowden).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Stewardson
Population	547	830
Median age	27.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$58,571
Median home value	$76,200	$106,800
Median gross rent	$767	$857
Housing units	237	349
Homeownership rate	55.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Stewardson
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	791 → 830 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$52,212 → $58,571 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$91,200 → $106,800 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$582 → $857 (+47.3%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Stewardson

Population

791830

Median household income

$52,212$58,571

Median home value

$91,200$106,800

Median gross rent

$582$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Stewardson
Under 5	15.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.0%
75 and over	8.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Stewardson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	97.5%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Stewardson
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Stewardson
Drove alone	90.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Stewardson
1-unit, detached	64.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Stewardson
Poverty rate	27.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1963