Mason vs Shumway

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

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

Mason has the higher population (365 vs 217 in Shumway). Shumway has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $63,472 in Mason). Shumway has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $89,300 in Mason).

Population, income & housing

	Mason	Shumway
Population	365	217
Median age	36.9 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$76,250
Median home value	$89,300	$103,400
Median gross rent	$588	$950
Housing units	151	95
Homeownership rate	82.1%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason	Shumway
Population	258 → 365 (+41.5%)	143 → 217 (+51.7%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $63,472 (+57.0%)	$53,750 → $76,250 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $89,300 (+34.7%)	$78,900 → $103,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$325 → $588 (+80.9%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Mason

Population

258365

Median household income

$40,417$63,472

Median home value

$66,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$325$588

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)

	Mason	Shumway
Under 5	8.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	26.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.6%
75 and over	9.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason	Shumway
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason	Shumway
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	46.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason	Shumway
Drove alone	82.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason	Shumway
1-unit, detached	64.2%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Mason	Shumway
Poverty rate	24.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1973	1952