Cowden vs Tower Hill

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

Cowden and Tower Hill 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 387 in Tower Hill). Tower Hill has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $42,083 in Cowden). Cowden has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $61,300 in Tower Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cowden	Tower Hill
Population	547	387
Median age	27.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$52,917
Median home value	$76,200	$61,300
Median gross rent	$767	$792
Housing units	237	189
Homeownership rate	55.7%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowden	Tower Hill
Population	525 → 547 (+4.2%)	816 → 387 (-52.6%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $76,200 (+21.5%)	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $767 (+0.4%)	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)

Cowden

Population

525547

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$62,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$764$767

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowden	Tower Hill
Under 5	15.2%	13.2%
5 to 17	25.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.7%
75 and over	8.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowden	Tower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	86.8%
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%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowden	Tower Hill
No high school diploma	7.4%	21.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowden	Tower Hill
Drove alone	90.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowden	Tower Hill
1-unit, detached	64.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Cowden	Tower Hill
Poverty rate	27.2%	19.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1972	1958