Anchor vs Shirley

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor and Shirley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anchor has the higher population (243 vs 73 in Shirley). Anchor has the higher median household income ($70,536 vs $68,214 in Shirley). Anchor has the higher median home value ($93,700 vs $84,500 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Shirley
Population	243	73
Median age	32.6 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$68,214
Median home value	$93,700	$84,500
Housing units	92	22
Homeownership rate	93.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Shirley
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	94 → 73 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$54,583 → $68,214 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$78,100 → $84,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	—

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Shirley

Population

9473

Median household income

$54,583$68,214

Median home value

$78,100$84,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Shirley
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.1%	45.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	4.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	16.4%
75 and over	6.2%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Shirley
No high school diploma	5.5%	37.5%
High school graduate	65.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Shirley
Drove alone	73.7%	95.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	5.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Shirley
1-unit, detached	94.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Shirley
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.04	6.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1956	1938