Bowler vs Mattoon

A side-by-side comparison of Bowler and Mattoon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowler and Mattoon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mattoon has the higher population (477 vs 309 in Bowler). Mattoon has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $53,750 in Bowler). Bowler has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $82,900 in Mattoon).

Population, income & housing

	Bowler	Mattoon
Population	309	477
Median age	33.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$70,500
Median home value	$133,800	$82,900
Median gross rent	$704	$867
Housing units	138	219
Homeownership rate	75.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowler	Mattoon
Population	400 → 309 (-22.8%)	467 → 477 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $53,750 (+34.4%)	$49,107 → $70,500 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $133,800 (+63.8%)	$66,400 → $82,900 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $704 (-5.1%)	$638 → $867 (+35.9%)

Bowler

Population

400309

Median household income

$40,000$53,750

Median home value

$81,700$133,800

Median gross rent

$742$704

Mattoon

Population

467477

Median household income

$49,107$70,500

Median home value

$66,400$82,900

Median gross rent

$638$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowler	Mattoon
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	23.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.5%
75 and over	3.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowler	Mattoon
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowler	Mattoon
No high school diploma	11.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowler	Mattoon
Drove alone	91.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowler	Mattoon
1-unit, detached	82.6%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowler	Mattoon
Poverty rate	13.9%	20.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1971	1940