Gifford vs Pesotum

A side-by-side comparison of Gifford and Pesotum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gifford has the higher population (816 vs 538 in Pesotum). Both have a median household income of $76,875. Gifford has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $160,800 in Pesotum).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Pesotum
Population	816	538
Median age	52.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$76,875
Median home value	$170,500	$160,800
Median gross rent	$742	$1,500
Housing units	366	246
Homeownership rate	93.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Pesotum
Population	945 → 816 (-13.7%)	508 → 538 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$71,413 → $76,875 (+7.6%)	$74,861 → $76,875 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $170,500 (+11.8%)	$115,700 → $160,800 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $742 (+17.2%)	$825 → $1,500 (+81.8%)

Gifford

Population

945816

Median household income

$71,413$76,875

Median home value

$152,500$170,500

Median gross rent

$633$742

Pesotum

Population

508538

Median household income

$74,861$76,875

Median home value

$115,700$160,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gifford	Pesotum
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	21.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.3%
75 and over	18.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Pesotum
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Pesotum
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Pesotum
Drove alone	78.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Pesotum
1-unit, detached	84.7%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Pesotum
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1981	1962