Old Shawneetown vs Ridgway

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

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

Ridgway has the higher population (764 vs 131 in Old Shawneetown). Ridgway has the higher median household income ($42,404 vs $30,694 in Old Shawneetown). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $14,600 in Old Shawneetown).

Population, income & housing

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
Population	131	764
Median age	45.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$42,404
Median home value	$14,600	$73,700
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	59	436
Homeownership rate	73.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
Population	81 → 131 (+61.7%)	788 → 764 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$15,625 → $30,694 (+96.4%)	$52,656 → $42,404 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $14,600 (+46.0%)	$64,500 → $73,700 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $732 (+39.4%)

Old Shawneetown

Population

81131

Median household income

$15,625$30,694

Median home value

$9,999$14,600

Ridgway

Population

788764

Median household income

$52,656$42,404

Median home value

$64,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$525$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
Under 5	10.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	3.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	22.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.3%
75 and over	4.6%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
No high school diploma	12.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	63.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
Drove alone	100.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	32.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Old Shawneetown	Ridgway
Poverty rate	49.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1981	1966