Savanna vs Shannon

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

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

Savanna has the higher population (2,851 vs 772 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $46,094 in Savanna). Shannon has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $75,000 in Savanna).

Population, income & housing

	Savanna	Shannon
Population	2,851	772
Median age	50.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,094	$59,375
Median home value	$75,000	$114,100
Median gross rent	$777	$675
Housing units	1,703	418
Homeownership rate	60.5%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savanna	Shannon
Population	2,977 → 2,851 (-4.2%)	868 → 772 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$31,710 → $46,094 (+45.4%)	$54,375 → $59,375 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $75,000 (+9.0%)	$91,400 → $114,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $777 (+26.3%)	$578 → $675 (+16.8%)

Savanna

Population

2,9772,851

Median household income

$31,710$46,094

Median home value

$68,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$615$777

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)

	Savanna	Shannon
Under 5	2.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.6%
75 and over	12.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Savanna	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	3.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savanna	Shannon
No high school diploma	16.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savanna	Shannon
Drove alone	74.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Savanna	Shannon
1-unit, detached	73.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Savanna	Shannon
Poverty rate	15.4%	8.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1949	1961