Old Appleton vs Shawneetown

A side-by-side comparison of Old Appleton and Shawneetown: population, income, housing, and more.

Old Appleton and Shawneetown are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shawneetown has the higher population (165 vs 80 in Old Appleton). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($138,571 vs $75,625 in Old Appleton). Since 2019, Old Appleton's population has grown faster (+8.1% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
Population	80	165
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$138,571
Median home value	$101,400	—
Housing units	31	50
Homeownership rate	67.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
Population	74 → 80 (+8.1%)	196 → 165 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,625 (+23.5%)	—
Median home value	$95,000 → $101,400 (+6.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $700 (-45.8%)	—

Old Appleton

Population

7480

Median household income

$61,250$75,625

Median home value

$95,000$101,400

Median gross rent

$1,292$700

Shawneetown

Population

196165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
Under 5	13.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	22.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	26.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	24.8%
55 to 64	20.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	2.5%	7.9%
75 and over	2.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	8.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	1.9%	44.1%
High school graduate	54.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
Drove alone	76.3%	45.8%
Carpooled	18.4%	54.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	90.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Appleton	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	5.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.58	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	51	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938