Cobden vs Dongola

A side-by-side comparison of Cobden and Dongola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cobden has the higher population (1,064 vs 576 in Dongola). Cobden has the higher median household income ($42,250 vs $35,250 in Dongola). Cobden has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $67,500 in Dongola).

Population, income & housing

	Cobden	Dongola
Population	1,064	576
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,250	$35,250
Median home value	$106,400	$67,500
Median gross rent	—	$440
Housing units	537	312
Homeownership rate	73.1%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobden	Dongola
Population	1,054 → 1,064 (+0.9%)	837 → 576 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $42,250 (+1.5%)	$34,917 → $35,250 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $106,400 (+20.5%)	$73,500 → $67,500 (-8.2%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $225 (-45.4%)	$566 → $440 (-22.3%)

Cobden

Population

1,0541,064

Median household income

$41,607$42,250

Median home value

$88,300$106,400

Median gross rent

$412$225

Dongola

Population

837576

Median household income

$34,917$35,250

Median home value

$73,500$67,500

Median gross rent

$566$440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobden	Dongola
Under 5	4.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	23.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.8%
75 and over	7.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobden	Dongola
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobden	Dongola
No high school diploma	16.2%	21.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobden	Dongola
Drove alone	77.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobden	Dongola
1-unit, detached	75.6%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Cobden	Dongola
Poverty rate	29.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1964	1966