Gladstone vs Lomax

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

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

Lomax has the higher population (321 vs 176 in Gladstone). Lomax has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Lomax has the higher median home value ($81,400 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Lomax
Population	176	321
Median age	62.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$51,875
Median home value	$56,800	$81,400
Median gross rent	$493	$825
Housing units	111	138
Homeownership rate	82.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Lomax
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Lomax

Population

396321

Median household income

$30,417$51,875

Median home value

$66,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Lomax
Under 5	0.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	19.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	37.5%	18.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Lomax
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Lomax
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	53.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Lomax
Drove alone	95.2%	89.5%
Carpooled	1.6%	10.5%
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	Lomax
1-unit, detached	64.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Lomax
Poverty rate	10.2%	13.7%
Average household size	1.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1969	1962