Shawneetown vs Whitewater

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

Shawneetown and Whitewater 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 75 in Whitewater). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($138,571 vs $48,558 in Whitewater). Since 2019, Shawneetown's population has grown faster (-15.8% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
Population	165	75
Median age	39.2 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$138,571	$48,558
Median home value	—	$101,900
Housing units	50	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
Population	196 → 165 (-15.8%)	107 → 75 (-29.9%)
Median household income	—	$45,625 → $48,558 (+6.4%)
Median home value	—	$72,100 → $101,900 (+41.3%)

Shawneetown

Population

196165

Whitewater

Population

10775

Median household income

$45,625$48,558

Median home value

$72,100$101,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	4.0%
18 to 24	22.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	2.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	24.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	24.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	24.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
No high school diploma	44.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	15.7%	68.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
Drove alone	45.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	54.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.4%
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	0.0%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Shawneetown	Whitewater
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	3.30	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	59
Median year structure built	1938	1984