Mill Shoals vs Phillipstown

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

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

Mill Shoals has the higher population (138 vs 46 in Phillipstown). Phillipstown has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $60,000 in Mill Shoals). Since 2019, Phillipstown's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -36.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
Population	138	46
Median age	39.4 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,542	—
Median home value	$60,000	$142,200
Housing units	76	21
Homeownership rate	96.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
Population	218 → 138 (-36.7%)	45 → 46 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $58,542 (+17.8%)	$78,438 → $59,167 (-24.6%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $60,000 (+14.9%)	$127,800 → $142,200 (+11.3%)

Mill Shoals

Population

218138

Median household income

$49,688$58,542

Median home value

$52,200$60,000

Phillipstown

Population

4546

Median household income

$78,438$59,167

Median home value

$127,800$142,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
Under 5	2.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	28.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	2.2%
45 to 54	5.1%	19.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	19.6%	4.3%
75 and over	10.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
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	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
No high school diploma	14.0%	32.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
Drove alone	94.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
1-unit, detached	53.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.8%
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	44.7%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Mill Shoals	Phillipstown
Poverty rate	9.4%	45.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1975	1973