Grayville vs Mill Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Grayville and Mill Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grayville has the higher population (1,515 vs 138 in Mill Shoals). Mill Shoals has the higher median household income ($58,542 vs $47,308 in Grayville). Grayville has the higher median home value ($76,000 vs $60,000 in Mill Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
Population	1,515	138
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$58,542
Median home value	$76,000	$60,000
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	761	76
Homeownership rate	66.3%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
Population	1,609 → 1,515 (-5.8%)	218 → 138 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$44,911 → $47,308 (+5.3%)	$49,688 → $58,542 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $76,000 (+17.3%)	$52,200 → $60,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$461 → $700 (+51.8%)	—

Grayville

Population

1,6091,515

Median household income

$44,911$47,308

Median home value

$64,800$76,000

Median gross rent

$461$700

Mill Shoals

Population

218138

Median household income

$49,688$58,542

Median home value

$52,200$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
Under 5	3.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	19.6%
75 and over	7.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	99.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
No high school diploma	12.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
Drove alone	63.2%	94.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
1-unit, detached	69.5%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	Grayville	Mill Shoals
Poverty rate	32.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1958	1975