Gardner vs Morris

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

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

Morris has the higher population (14,775 vs 1,319 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median household income ($82,125 vs $72,357 in Morris). Morris has the higher median home value ($244,400 vs $183,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Morris
Population	1,319	14,775
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,125	$72,357
Median home value	$183,300	$244,400
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,141
Housing units	524	6,645
Homeownership rate	77.1%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Morris
Population	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)	14,237 → 14,775 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)	$63,562 → $72,357 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)	$200,000 → $244,400 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)	$973 → $1,141 (+17.3%)

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

Morris

Population

14,23714,775

Median household income

$63,562$72,357

Median home value

$200,000$244,400

Median gross rent

$973$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Morris
Under 5	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	7.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Morris
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	45.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Morris
Drove alone	95.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.3%	10.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Morris
1-unit, detached	79.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Morris
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1967	1982