Mount Clare vs Shipman

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Clare and Shipman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shipman has the higher population (667 vs 322 in Mount Clare). Mount Clare has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $62,500 in Shipman). Mount Clare has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $92,500 in Shipman).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clare	Shipman
Population	322	667
Median age	56.7 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,125	$62,500
Median home value	$111,100	$92,500
Median gross rent	$569	$788
Housing units	122	248
Homeownership rate	75.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clare	Shipman
Population	255 → 322 (+26.3%)	607 → 667 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)	$48,864 → $62,500 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)	$92,900 → $92,500 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

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)

	Mount Clare	Shipman
Under 5	4.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	26.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	12.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	5.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.0%
75 and over	26.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clare	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clare	Shipman
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	51.2%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clare	Shipman
Drove alone	83.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clare	Shipman
1-unit, detached	82.8%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clare	Shipman
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.38	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1962	1960