Gladstone vs Gulfport

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

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

Gladstone has the higher population (176 vs 88 in Gulfport). Gulfport has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Since 2019, Gulfport's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs -9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Gulfport
Population	176	88
Median age	62.8 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$62,500
Median home value	$56,800	—
Median gross rent	$493	—
Housing units	111	42
Homeownership rate	82.3%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Gulfport
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	81 → 88 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$69,375 → $62,500 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)	—

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Gulfport

Population

8188

Median household income

$69,375$62,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Gulfport
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	40.9%
55 to 64	19.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	37.5%	8.0%
75 and over	7.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Gulfport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Gulfport
No high school diploma	3.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	53.9%	61.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Gulfport
Drove alone	95.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Gulfport
1-unit, detached	64.0%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Gulfport
Poverty rate	10.2%	39.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1969	2003