New Haven vs Shawneetown

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

New Haven 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 528 in New Haven). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($51,089 vs $33,977 in New Haven). Shawneetown has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $50,400 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	New Haven	Shawneetown
Population	528	1,167
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,977	$51,089
Median home value	$50,400	$80,400
Median gross rent	$471	$330
Housing units	248	600
Homeownership rate	72.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	41.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Haven	Shawneetown
Population	376 → 528 (+40.4%)	1,249 → 1,167 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$39,297 → $33,977 (-13.5%)	$32,059 → $51,089 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,400 (-2.5%)	$60,300 → $80,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $471 (-7.5%)	$416 → $330 (-20.7%)

New Haven

Population

376528

Median household income

$39,297$33,977

Median home value

$51,700$50,400

Median gross rent

$509$471

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)

	New Haven	Shawneetown
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	19.7%	0.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Haven	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Haven	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	18.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	52.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Haven	Shawneetown
Drove alone	95.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Haven	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	61.3%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	New Haven	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	27.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1973	1969