Gardner vs Verona

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

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

Gardner has the higher population (1,319 vs 267 in Verona). Gardner has the higher median household income ($82,125 vs $41,250 in Verona). Gardner has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $108,900 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Verona
Population	1,319	267
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,125	$41,250
Median home value	$183,300	$108,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,125
Housing units	524	131
Homeownership rate	77.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Verona
Population	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)	226 → 267 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)	$62,250 → $41,250 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)	$106,300 → $108,900 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)	$1,125 → $1,125 (+0.0%)

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

Verona

Population

226267

Median household income

$62,250$41,250

Median home value

$106,300$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Verona
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	80.5%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Verona
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	45.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Verona
Drove alone	95.7%	92.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	1.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Verona
1-unit, detached	79.4%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Verona
Poverty rate	15.2%	31.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1967	1953