Gladstone vs Raritan

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

Gladstone and Raritan 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 155 in Raritan). Raritan has the higher median household income ($77,361 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Raritan has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Raritan
Population	176	155
Median age	62.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$77,361
Median home value	$56,800	$80,600
Median gross rent	$493	—
Housing units	111	51
Homeownership rate	82.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Raritan
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	114 → 155 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$63,250 → $77,361 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	$46,400 → $80,600 (+73.7%)
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

Raritan

Population

114155

Median household income

$63,250$77,361

Median home value

$46,400$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Raritan
Under 5	0.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	37.5%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Raritan
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	53.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Raritan
Drove alone	95.2%	93.5%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Raritan
1-unit, detached	64.0%	94.1%
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%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Raritan
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.5%
Average household size	1.83	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1969	1948