Gibson City vs Piper City

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

Gibson City and Piper City 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 716 in Piper City). Gibson City has the higher median household income ($47,104 vs $39,338 in Piper City). Gibson City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $76,600 in Piper City).

Population, income & housing

	Gibson City	Piper City
Population	3,609	716
Median age	44.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,104	$39,338
Median home value	$138,400	$76,600
Median gross rent	$802	$786
Housing units	1,633	373
Homeownership rate	66.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibson City	Piper City
Population	3,360 → 3,609 (+7.4%)	878 → 716 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$44,973 → $47,104 (+4.7%)	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $138,400 (+37.2%)	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $802 (+23.4%)	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)

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

Piper City

Population

878716

Median household income

$40,592$39,338

Median home value

$72,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$740$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibson City	Piper City
Under 5	5.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	6.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibson City	Piper City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibson City	Piper City
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.7%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibson City	Piper City
Drove alone	74.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibson City	Piper City
1-unit, detached	66.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	11.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibson City	Piper City
Poverty rate	16.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1956	1951