Gladstone vs Media

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

Gladstone and Media 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 99 in Media). Media has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Media has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Media
Population	176	99
Median age	62.8 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$65,833
Median home value	$56,800	$81,000
Median gross rent	$493	—
Housing units	111	48
Homeownership rate	82.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Media
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	107 → 99 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$72,250 → $65,833 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	$85,600 → $81,000 (-5.4%)
Median gross rent	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)	$700 → $825 (+17.9%)

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Media

Population

10799

Median household income

$72,250$65,833

Median home value

$85,600$81,000

Median gross rent

$700$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Media
Under 5	0.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	21.2%
55 to 64	19.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	37.5%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Media
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	10.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Media
No high school diploma	3.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	53.9%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Media
Drove alone	95.2%	93.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.9%
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	Media
1-unit, detached	64.0%	95.8%
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%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Media
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.1%
Average household size	1.83	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1969	1938