Bowen

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Bowen

Total population

552

Median home value

$80,700

15.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$63,750

Bowen$64k

National$74k

Weather87°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates40.23°, -91.06°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bowen is a village in southeast Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 464 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Bowen, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in Illinois

• La Prairie
  6.7 mi away · pop. 48
• Loraine
  10 mi away · pop. 341
• Paloma
  16.1 mi away
• Marcelline
  17.9 mi away
• Blandinsville
  24.5 mi away
• La Harpe
  24.9 mi away
• Payson
  30.2 mi away
• Good Hope
  30.4 mi away
• Plainville
  31.5 mi away
• Bardolph
  32 mi away
• Carman
  34.8 mi away · pop. 250
• Perry
  35.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bowen

Biographical and reminiscent history of Richland, Clay and Marion counties, Illinois

B.F. Bowen & Co · 1909

Descendants of Thomas Essex and Elizabeth Bowen Essex of Maryland, Virginia, and Illinois

Hiram Eli Essex · 1968

Surname/Placename Index to Bowen's Story of Savanna (illinois)

Andrew J. Morris · 1983

The Bowen prep

James H. Bowen High School (Chicago, Ill.) · 1917

Bowen annual, nineteen hundred seventeen

James H. Bowen High School (Chicago, Ill.) · 1917

Starr Roll, 1894 . Volume Two, Districts

Jeff Bowen · 2014

Some legislative needs in Illinois

Louise de Koven Bowen · 1914

Les Caractéristiques Essentielles de la Farce Française et leur Survivance dans les Années 1550-1620 (Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, 53)

B C Bowen · 1964

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

North American Luna Moth

Actias luna

Seen 2026-07-30

Orangethroat Darter

Etheostoma spectabile

Seen 2026-07-09

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Seen 2026-07-08

Nessus Sphinx

Amphion floridensis

Seen 2026-07-08

Common Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon

Seen 2026-07-07

Redfin Shiner

Lythrurus umbratilis

Seen 2026-07-07

Virginian Tiger Moth

Spilosoma virginica

Seen 2026-05-13

Peppered Moth

Biston betularia

Seen 2026-05-13

Carpenterworm Moth

Prionoxystus robiniae

Seen 2026-05-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).