Lake Carroll vs Shannon

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Carroll and Shannon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shannon has the higher population (772 vs 763 in Lake Carroll). Lake Carroll has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $59,375 in Shannon). Lake Carroll has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $114,100 in Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
Population	763	772
Median age	60.6 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$59,375
Median home value	$317,900	$114,100
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	910	418
Homeownership rate	99.3%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
Population	500 → 763 (+52.6%)	868 → 772 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$84,048 → $101,250 (+20.5%)	$54,375 → $59,375 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $317,900 (+5.7%)	$91,400 → $114,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$578 → $675 (+16.8%)

Lake Carroll

Population

500763

Median household income

$84,048$101,250

Median home value

$300,800$317,900

Shannon

Population

868772

Median household income

$54,375$59,375

Median home value

$91,400$114,100

Median gross rent

$578$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
Under 5	9.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	22.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	29.9%	16.6%
75 and over	7.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
Drove alone	80.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
1-unit, detached	99.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Carroll	Shannon
Poverty rate	3.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1995	1961