Mount Carroll vs Shannon

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

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

Mount Carroll has the higher population (1,515 vs 772 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $59,167 in Mount Carroll). Shannon has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $88,800 in Mount Carroll).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
Population	1,515	772
Median age	44.6 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$59,375
Median home value	$88,800	$114,100
Median gross rent	$749	$675
Housing units	746	418
Homeownership rate	76.5%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
Population	1,571 → 1,515 (-3.6%)	868 → 772 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$56,413 → $59,167 (+4.9%)	$54,375 → $59,375 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $88,800 (+2.1%)	$91,400 → $114,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $749 (+27.4%)	$578 → $675 (+16.8%)

Mount Carroll

Population

1,5711,515

Median household income

$56,413$59,167

Median home value

$87,000$88,800

Median gross rent

$588$749

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)

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
Under 5	3.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	16.6%
75 and over	10.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
Drove alone	84.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
1-unit, detached	81.8%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carroll	Shannon
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1950	1961