Omaha vs Shawneetown

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

Omaha 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 276 in Omaha). Omaha has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,089 in Shawneetown). Shawneetown has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $44,600 in Omaha).

Population, income & housing

	Omaha	Shawneetown
Population	276	1,167
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$51,089
Median home value	$44,600	$80,400
Median gross rent	$675	$330
Housing units	125	600
Homeownership rate	77.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Omaha	Shawneetown
Population	285 → 276 (-3.2%)	1,249 → 1,167 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $63,750 (+66.3%)	$32,059 → $51,089 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $44,600 (-2.2%)	$60,300 → $80,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $675 (+95.1%)	$416 → $330 (-20.7%)

Omaha

Population

285276

Median household income

$38,333$63,750

Median home value

$45,600$44,600

Median gross rent

$346$675

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)

	Omaha	Shawneetown
Under 5	9.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	0.7%
25 to 34	4.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.1%
75 and over	4.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Omaha	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	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	26.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Omaha	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Omaha	Shawneetown
Drove alone	92.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Omaha	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	84.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Omaha	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	14.1%	20.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1964	1969