Equality vs Old Shawneetown

A side-by-side comparison of Equality and Old Shawneetown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Equality has the higher population (539 vs 131 in Old Shawneetown). Equality has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $30,694 in Old Shawneetown). Equality has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $14,600 in Old Shawneetown).

Population, income & housing

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
Population	539	131
Median age	45.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$30,694
Median home value	$84,500	$14,600
Median gross rent	$419	—
Housing units	292	59
Homeownership rate	81.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
Population	458 → 539 (+17.7%)	81 → 131 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $42,500 (+0.0%)	$15,625 → $30,694 (+96.4%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $84,500 (+15.8%)	$9,999 → $14,600 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$358 → $419 (+17.0%)	—

Equality

Population

458539

Median household income

$42,500$42,500

Median home value

$73,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$358$419

Old Shawneetown

Population

81131

Median household income

$15,625$30,694

Median home value

$9,999$14,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
Under 5	3.3%	10.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	3.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	22.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	14.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
No high school diploma	6.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	63.5%
Some college or associate's	50.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
Drove alone	83.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	75.3%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	67.8%

Poverty & households

	Equality	Old Shawneetown
Poverty rate	16.9%	49.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1964	1981