Shiloh vs Swansea

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

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

Swansea has the higher population (14,603 vs 14,109 in Shiloh). Shiloh has the higher median household income ($100,058 vs $84,367 in Swansea). Shiloh has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $211,700 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Shiloh	Swansea
Population	14,109	14,603
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,058	$84,367
Median home value	$276,900	$211,700
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,178
Housing units	5,687	5,929
Homeownership rate	65.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shiloh	Swansea
Population	13,482 → 14,109 (+4.7%)	13,851 → 14,603 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$86,021 → $100,058 (+16.3%)	$77,517 → $84,367 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$220,500 → $276,900 (+25.6%)	$167,000 → $211,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,098 (+16.2%)	$1,062 → $1,178 (+10.9%)

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

Swansea

Population

13,85114,603

Median household income

$77,517$84,367

Median home value

$167,000$211,700

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shiloh	Swansea
Under 5	3.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shiloh	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	71.8%
Black or African American	25.1%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shiloh	Swansea
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shiloh	Swansea
Drove alone	75.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.8%
Walked	2.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	12.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shiloh	Swansea
1-unit, detached	66.8%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Shiloh	Swansea
Poverty rate	6.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	2000	1993