Ellsworth vs Shirley

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

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (229 vs 73 in Shirley). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $68,214 in Shirley). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $84,500 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Shirley
Population	229	73
Median age	36.2 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,438	$68,214
Median home value	$123,500	$84,500
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	100	22
Homeownership rate	80.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Shirley
Population	270 → 229 (-15.2%)	94 → 73 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $73,438 (+92.6%)	$54,583 → $68,214 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $123,500 (+16.2%)	$78,100 → $84,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $917 (+19.9%)	—

Ellsworth

Population

270229

Median household income

$38,125$73,438

Median home value

$106,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$765$917

Shirley

Population

9473

Median household income

$54,583$68,214

Median home value

$78,100$84,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth	Shirley
Under 5	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	45.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	16.4%
75 and over	6.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Shirley
No high school diploma	8.4%	37.5%
High school graduate	49.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Shirley
Drove alone	94.3%	95.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Shirley
1-unit, detached	95.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	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

	Ellsworth	Shirley
Poverty rate	25.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	6.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938