Bunker Hill vs Shipman

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker Hill and Shipman: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunker Hill and Shipman are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bunker Hill has the higher population (1,305 vs 667 in Shipman). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($72,893 vs $62,500 in Shipman). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $92,500 in Shipman).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
Population	1,305	667
Median age	39.8 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,893	$62,500
Median home value	$133,700	$92,500
Median gross rent	$925	$788
Housing units	632	248
Homeownership rate	76.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
Population	1,711 → 1,305 (-23.7%)	607 → 667 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $72,893 (+40.9%)	$48,864 → $62,500 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $133,700 (+40.6%)	$92,900 → $92,500 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $925 (+36.2%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Bunker Hill

Population

1,7111,305

Median household income

$51,750$72,893

Median home value

$95,100$133,700

Median gross rent

$679$925

Shipman

Population

607667

Median household income

$48,864$62,500

Median home value

$92,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
Under 5	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.0%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
Drove alone	82.4%	89.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
1-unit, detached	81.2%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Shipman
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.45	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1962	1960