Cooksville vs Shirley

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

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

Cooksville has the higher population (191 vs 73 in Shirley). Shirley has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $55,000 in Cooksville). Cooksville has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $84,500 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Cooksville	Shirley
Population	191	73
Median age	36.8 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$68,214
Median home value	$107,800	$84,500
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	82	22
Homeownership rate	65.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooksville	Shirley
Population	164 → 191 (+16.5%)	94 → 73 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $55,000 (-17.0%)	$54,583 → $68,214 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $107,800 (+15.3%)	$78,100 → $84,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $825 (+10.0%)	—

Cooksville

Population

164191

Median household income

$66,250$55,000

Median home value

$93,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$750$825

Shirley

Population

9473

Median household income

$54,583$68,214

Median home value

$78,100$84,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooksville	Shirley
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	45.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	16.4%
75 and over	1.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooksville	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	53.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooksville	Shirley
No high school diploma	12.4%	37.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooksville	Shirley
Drove alone	79.8%	95.0%
Carpooled	17.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooksville	Shirley
1-unit, detached	90.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooksville	Shirley
Poverty rate	34.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	6.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1950	1938