Beecher City vs Shumway

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher City and Shumway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beecher City has the higher population (419 vs 217 in Shumway). Shumway has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Shumway has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Shumway
Population	419	217
Median age	39.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$76,250
Median home value	$85,300	$103,400
Median gross rent	$611	$950
Housing units	209	95
Homeownership rate	61.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Shumway
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	143 → 217 (+51.7%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$53,750 → $76,250 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$78,900 → $103,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Shumway

Population

143217

Median household income

$53,750$76,250

Median home value

$78,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$775$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Shumway
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	26.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Shumway
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Shumway
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Shumway
Drove alone	85.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Shumway
1-unit, detached	70.3%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Shumway
Poverty rate	21.2%	21.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1962	1952