Gardner vs Mazon

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Mazon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mazon has the higher population (1,424 vs 1,319 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median household income ($82,125 vs $76,458 in Mazon). Mazon has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $183,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Mazon
Population	1,319	1,424
Median age	38.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,125	$76,458
Median home value	$183,300	$203,100
Median gross rent	$1,024	$940
Housing units	524	518
Homeownership rate	77.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Mazon
Population	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)	1,145 → 1,424 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)	$57,461 → $76,458 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)	$151,100 → $203,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)	$969 → $940 (-3.0%)

Gardner

Population

1,3341,319

Median household income

$68,333$82,125

Median home value

$138,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,024

Mazon

Population

1,1451,424

Median household income

$57,461$76,458

Median home value

$151,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$969$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Mazon
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	23.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Mazon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Mazon
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	45.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Mazon
Drove alone	95.7%	92.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Mazon
1-unit, detached	79.4%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Mazon
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1975