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Gillespie, IL Urban Area

4,783 Population
2.8 square miles 1,684.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,202 ±$3,195 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,639 ±$8,635 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±4.5% (777  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±1.7 (51,825  ±7,780) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,067 ±172 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,783  ±327) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±4.7% (58  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,557 ±189 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,200 ±$8,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3% (337  ±143.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±3.6% (3,193  ±297.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±3.9% (621  ±143) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±1.2% (46  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.2% (257  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
257 Total veterans ±88 238 Male ±84 19 Female ±16

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