Junction vs Old Shawneetown

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

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

Old Shawneetown has the higher population (131 vs 48 in Junction). Junction has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $30,694 in Old Shawneetown). Junction has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $14,600 in Old Shawneetown).

Population, income & housing

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
Population	48	131
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$30,694
Median home value	$58,300	$14,600
Housing units	36	59
Homeownership rate	47.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
Population	101 → 48 (-52.5%)	81 → 131 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$29,464 → $39,375 (+33.6%)	$15,625 → $30,694 (+96.4%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $58,300 (-12.6%)	$9,999 → $14,600 (+46.0%)

Junction

Population

10148

Median household income

$29,464$39,375

Median home value

$66,700$58,300

Old Shawneetown

Population

81131

Median household income

$15,625$30,694

Median home value

$9,999$14,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
Under 5	4.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	31.3%	3.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	22.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.2%
75 and over	16.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction	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+

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
No high school diploma	5.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	61.8%	63.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
Drove alone	87.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	61.1%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	67.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction	Old Shawneetown
Poverty rate	14.6%	49.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1973	1981