Frankfort vs Shorewood

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (20,417 vs 18,218 in Shorewood). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($153,714 vs $122,648 in Shorewood). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($461,600 vs $324,600 in Shorewood).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Shorewood
Population	20,417	18,218
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,714	$122,648
Median home value	$461,600	$324,600
Median gross rent	$2,175	$2,087
Housing units	6,922	6,916
Homeownership rate	94.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Shorewood
Population	18,999 → 20,417 (+7.5%)	17,164 → 18,218 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$139,145 → $153,714 (+10.5%)	$105,938 → $122,648 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$384,900 → $461,600 (+19.9%)	$262,600 → $324,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $2,175 (+75.4%)	$1,685 → $2,087 (+23.9%)

Frankfort

Population

18,99920,417

Median household income

$139,145$153,714

Median home value

$384,900$461,600

Median gross rent

$1,240$2,175

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)

	Frankfort	Shorewood
Under 5	5.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.9%
75 and over	6.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Shorewood
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Shorewood
Drove alone	71.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.5%
Public transit	4.3%	1.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	81.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Shorewood
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	2000	2001