Gibson City vs Melvin

A side-by-side comparison of Gibson City and Melvin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibson City has the higher population (3,609 vs 376 in Melvin). Gibson City has the higher median household income ($47,104 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Gibson City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $62,000 in Melvin).

Population, income & housing

	Gibson City	Melvin
Population	3,609	376
Median age	44.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,104	$35,000
Median home value	$138,400	$62,000
Median gross rent	$802	$817
Housing units	1,633	213
Homeownership rate	66.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibson City	Melvin
Population	3,360 → 3,609 (+7.4%)	458 → 376 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$44,973 → $47,104 (+4.7%)	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $138,400 (+37.2%)	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $802 (+23.4%)	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)

Gibson City

Population

3,3603,609

Median household income

$44,973$47,104

Median home value

$100,900$138,400

Median gross rent

$650$802

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibson City	Melvin
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibson City	Melvin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibson City	Melvin
No high school diploma	13.8%	13.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibson City	Melvin
Drove alone	74.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibson City	Melvin
1-unit, detached	66.7%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibson City	Melvin
Poverty rate	16.1%	25.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1956	1953