City · Gallatin County, Illinois

Shawneetown, Illinois

Shawneetown is a city in Gallatin County, Illinois. It has 1,087 residents. Shawneetown, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,218 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #691 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), home price to income ratio (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and reading scores (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,218 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #691 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,087 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,480.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1769082

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety46#8,407/15,637
Economy20#12,538/15,631
Housing95#699/14,977
Health7#14,581/15,609
Healthcare14#13,505/15,650
Environment16#12,987/15,453
Education15#13,363/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,326/15,650
Community18#12,861/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,633/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Shawneetown, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Gallatin County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low17.7%
99/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.2%
95/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGallatin County value
Public libraries · high2.1 /10k
92/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGallatin County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Illinois 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGallatin County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGallatin County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGallatin County value
Reading scores · low2.33
1/100Illinois 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGallatin County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGallatin County value
Food environment index · low4.9
1/100Illinois 8.4United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGallatin County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGallatin County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,249 (2015-2019) → 1,087 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.5% (2015-2019) → 13.8% (2020-2024)
−42 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
53.1% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
−36 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.8% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
37.0% (2015-2019) → 20.1% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.1% (2015-2019) → 17.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Shawneetown, Illinois improved on 5 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Poverty−17 points37.0% → 20.1%
Rent / income−13 points31.1% → 17.7%
Bachelor's++13 points7.0% → 19.8%
Broadband+22 points62.8% → 84.6%
Household income+50%$32,059 → $48,194

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Shawneetown, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	62.8%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	1.68%2015-2019	1.94%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	84.6%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.4952020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$32,0592015-2019	$48,1942020-2024	+50%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	37.0%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	98%
Rent as share of income	31.1%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Shawneetown, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shawneetown, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Shawneetown, Illinois itself moved +12.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,087 residents (±216)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

481 households (±91)

Shawneetown, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k32%†155
$25k–50k19%†92
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

481 households (±91)

Shawneetown, Illinois
Illinois share

Own59%283
Rent41%†198

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

447 workers (±116)

Shawneetown, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone85%†380
Carpool11%†50
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Gallatin County, the county holding most of Shawneetown's residents.

Gallatin County has 82 employer establishments, 175 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Illinois's), with 538 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,667. The Census Bureau also counts 302 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 82; 302 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 175; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 538
Average annual pay: $54,667; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gallatin County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	6	12.8	2.53×Too few to compare	74	$61,135	12
Full-service restaurants	4	8.5	1.11×Too few to compare	32	$14,344	—
Gasoline stations	4	8.5	2.63×Too few to compare	9	$22,111	—
Religious organizations	4	8.5	1.53×Too few to compare	11	$11,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	8.5	0.46×Too few to compare	32	$14,344	—
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.4	0.31×Too few to compare	40	$51,025	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	6.4	1.27×Too few to compare	6	$24,500	12
Legal services	3	6.4	1.19×Too few to compare	4	$17,750	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Gallatin County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,698 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Shawneetown is mostly in Gallatin County.

See federal money in Gallatin County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Shawneetown, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike BostR-IL-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Gallatin County16100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Gallatin County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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