Cobden vs Mill Creek

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

Cobden and Mill Creek 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 32 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $42,250 in Cobden). Since 2019, Cobden's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cobden	Mill Creek
Population	1,064	32
Median age	47.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,250	$107,500
Median home value	$106,400	—
Housing units	537	12
Homeownership rate	73.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	33.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobden	Mill Creek
Population	1,054 → 1,064 (+0.9%)	33 → 32 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $42,250 (+1.5%)	—
Median home value	$88,300 → $106,400 (+20.5%)	$35,400 → $38,800 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $225 (-45.4%)	—

Cobden

Population

1,0541,064

Median household income

$41,607$42,250

Median home value

$88,300$106,400

Median gross rent

$412$225

Mill Creek

Population

3332

Median home value

$35,400$38,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobden	Mill Creek
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	15.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	23.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	3.1%
75 and over	7.0%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobden	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	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	4.3%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobden	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	16.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobden	Mill Creek
Drove alone	77.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobden	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	75.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Cobden	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	29.2%	15.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1964	1973