Gibson City vs Roberts

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

Gibson City and Roberts 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 493 in Roberts). Roberts has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $47,104 in Gibson City). Gibson City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $64,600 in Roberts).

Population, income & housing

	Gibson City	Roberts
Population	3,609	493
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,104	$63,438
Median home value	$138,400	$64,600
Median gross rent	$802	$786
Housing units	1,633	200
Homeownership rate	66.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibson City	Roberts
Population	3,360 → 3,609 (+7.4%)	388 → 493 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$44,973 → $47,104 (+4.7%)	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $138,400 (+37.2%)	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $802 (+23.4%)	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)

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

Roberts

Population

388493

Median household income

$29,688$63,438

Median home value

$50,000$64,600

Median gross rent

$816$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibson City	Roberts
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	26.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibson City	Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibson City	Roberts
No high school diploma	13.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	40.7%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibson City	Roberts
Drove alone	74.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibson City	Roberts
1-unit, detached	66.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibson City	Roberts
Poverty rate	16.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1956	1949