Biggsville vs Gladstone

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Gladstone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Biggsville has the higher population (298 vs 176 in Gladstone). Biggsville has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Biggsville has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Gladstone
Population	298	176
Median age	52.5 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$42,500
Median home value	$83,600	$56,800
Median gross rent	$388	$493
Housing units	154	111
Homeownership rate	90.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Gladstone
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	194 → 176 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Gladstone
Under 5	3.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	9.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	3.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	37.5%
75 and over	16.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Gladstone
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Gladstone
Drove alone	93.9%	95.2%
Carpooled	1.2%	1.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	90.9%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Gladstone
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.18	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1947	1969