Ridgway vs Shawneetown

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

Ridgway 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 764 in Ridgway). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($51,089 vs $42,404 in Ridgway). Shawneetown has the higher median home value ($80,400 vs $73,700 in Ridgway).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
Population	764	1,167
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,404	$51,089
Median home value	$73,700	$80,400
Median gross rent	$732	$330
Housing units	436	600
Homeownership rate	82.2%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
Population	788 → 764 (-3.0%)	1,249 → 1,167 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$52,656 → $42,404 (-19.5%)	$32,059 → $51,089 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$64,500 → $73,700 (+14.3%)	$60,300 → $80,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $732 (+39.4%)	$416 → $330 (-20.7%)

Ridgway

Population

788764

Median household income

$52,656$42,404

Median home value

$64,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$525$732

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)

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	11.1%
75 and over	18.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	14.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
Drove alone	91.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	89.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgway	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	9.8%	20.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1966	1969