Fairview Heights vs Shiloh

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview Heights and Shiloh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview Heights has the higher population (16,255 vs 14,109 in Shiloh). Shiloh has the higher median household income ($100,058 vs $77,960 in Fairview Heights). Shiloh has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $166,800 in Fairview Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
Population	16,255	14,109
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,960	$100,058
Median home value	$166,800	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,098
Housing units	8,076	5,687
Homeownership rate	66.3%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
Population	16,125 → 16,255 (+0.8%)	13,482 → 14,109 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$64,495 → $77,960 (+20.9%)	$86,021 → $100,058 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	$220,500 → $276,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,177 (+18.1%)	$945 → $1,098 (+16.2%)

Fairview Heights

Population

16,12516,255

Median household income

$64,495$77,960

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$997$1,177

Shiloh

Population

13,48214,109

Median household income

$86,021$100,058

Median home value

$220,500$276,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.4%
75 and over	6.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	32.3%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	10.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
Drove alone	80.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
1-unit, detached	72.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview Heights	Shiloh
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	2000