Shumway vs Watson

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

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

Watson has the higher population (616 vs 217 in Shumway). Shumway has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $68,625 in Watson). Shumway has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $93,900 in Watson).

Population, income & housing

	Shumway	Watson
Population	217	616
Median age	31.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$68,625
Median home value	$103,400	$93,900
Median gross rent	$950	$750
Housing units	95	244
Homeownership rate	83.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shumway	Watson
Population	143 → 217 (+51.7%)	824 → 616 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $76,250 (+41.9%)	$53,750 → $68,625 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $103,400 (+31.1%)	$75,400 → $93,900 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)	$556 → $750 (+34.9%)

Shumway

Population

143217

Median household income

$53,750$76,250

Median home value

$78,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$775$950

Watson

Population

824616

Median household income

$53,750$68,625

Median home value

$75,400$93,900

Median gross rent

$556$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shumway	Watson
Under 5	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	19.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.3%
75 and over	3.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shumway	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	98.9%
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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shumway	Watson
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shumway	Watson
Drove alone	76.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shumway	Watson
1-unit, detached	84.2%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Shumway	Watson
Poverty rate	21.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1952	1982