Milledgeville vs Shannon

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

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

Milledgeville has the higher population (1,199 vs 772 in Shannon). Milledgeville has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $59,375 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $89,200 in Milledgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Milledgeville	Shannon
Population	1,199	772
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$59,375
Median home value	$89,200	$114,100
Median gross rent	$629	$675
Housing units	517	418
Homeownership rate	83.3%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milledgeville	Shannon
Population	996 → 1,199 (+20.4%)	868 → 772 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$47,574 → $59,688 (+25.5%)	$54,375 → $59,375 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $89,200 (+6.1%)	$91,400 → $114,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $629 (-4.7%)	$578 → $675 (+16.8%)

Milledgeville

Population

9961,199

Median household income

$47,574$59,688

Median home value

$84,100$89,200

Median gross rent

$660$629

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)

	Milledgeville	Shannon
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.6%
75 and over	9.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milledgeville	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milledgeville	Shannon
No high school diploma	9.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milledgeville	Shannon
Drove alone	86.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milledgeville	Shannon
1-unit, detached	93.4%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Milledgeville	Shannon
Poverty rate	13.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1941	1961