Cowden vs Strasburg

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

Cowden and Strasburg 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 513 in Strasburg). Strasburg has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Strasburg has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $76,200 in Cowden).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Strasburg
Population	547	513
Median age	27.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$65,833
Median home value	$76,200	$101,200
Median gross rent	$767	$1,042
Housing units	237	220
Homeownership rate	55.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Strasburg
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	536 → 513 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$60,156 → $65,833 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$84,200 → $101,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$775 → $1,042 (+34.5%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Strasburg

Population

536513

Median household income

$60,156$65,833

Median home value

$84,200$101,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Strasburg
Under 5	15.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	25.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	12.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.3%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Strasburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Strasburg
Drove alone	90.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	64.1%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Strasburg
Poverty rate	27.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	1966