Equality vs Shawneetown

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

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

Shawneetown has the higher population (1,167 vs 539 in Equality). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($51,089 vs $42,500 in Equality). Equality has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $80,400 in Shawneetown).

Population, income & housing

	Equality	Shawneetown
Population	539	1,167
Median age	45.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$51,089
Median home value	$84,500	$80,400
Median gross rent	$419	$330
Housing units	292	600
Homeownership rate	81.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Equality	Shawneetown
Population	458 → 539 (+17.7%)	1,249 → 1,167 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $42,500 (+0.0%)	$32,059 → $51,089 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $84,500 (+15.8%)	$60,300 → $80,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$358 → $419 (+17.0%)	$416 → $330 (-20.7%)

Equality

Population

458539

Median household income

$42,500$42,500

Median home value

$73,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$358$419

Shawneetown

Population

1,2491,167

Median household income

$32,059$51,089

Median home value

$60,300$80,400

Median gross rent

$416$330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Equality	Shawneetown
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.1%
75 and over	14.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Equality	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Equality	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	50.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Equality	Shawneetown
Drove alone	83.2%	86.5%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.5%
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%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Equality	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	75.3%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Equality	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	16.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1964	1969