Channahon vs Shorewood

A side-by-side comparison of Channahon and Shorewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shorewood has the higher population (18,218 vs 13,854 in Channahon). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($122,648 vs $121,458 in Channahon). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $298,000 in Channahon).

Population, income & housing

	Channahon	Shorewood
Population	13,854	18,218
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,458	$122,648
Median home value	$298,000	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,718	$2,087
Housing units	4,578	6,916
Homeownership rate	91.1%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channahon	Shorewood
Population	12,833 → 13,854 (+8.0%)	17,164 → 18,218 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$91,897 → $121,458 (+32.2%)	$105,938 → $122,648 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$224,500 → $298,000 (+32.7%)	$262,600 → $324,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,718 (+27.3%)	$1,685 → $2,087 (+23.9%)

Channahon

Population

12,83313,854

Median household income

$91,897$121,458

Median home value

$224,500$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,718

Shorewood

Population

17,16418,218

Median household income

$105,938$122,648

Median home value

$262,600$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channahon	Shorewood
Under 5	5.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.9%
75 and over	5.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channahon	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channahon	Shorewood
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channahon	Shorewood
Drove alone	82.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channahon	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	87.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Channahon	Shorewood
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.0%
Average household size	3.13	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1999	2001