Gladstone vs Stronghurst

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

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

Stronghurst has the higher population (1,106 vs 176 in Gladstone). Stronghurst has the higher median household income ($80,556 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Stronghurst has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
Population	176	1,106
Median age	62.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$80,556
Median home value	$56,800	$104,400
Median gross rent	$493	$929
Housing units	111	458
Homeownership rate	82.3%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
Population	194 → 176 (-9.3%)	950 → 1,106 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)	$46,635 → $80,556 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)	$540 → $929 (+72.0%)

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Stronghurst

Population

9501,106

Median household income

$46,635$80,556

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Median gross rent

$540$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
Under 5	0.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	3.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	19.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	37.5%	7.3%
75 and over	7.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	53.9%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
Drove alone	95.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
1-unit, detached	64.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Stronghurst
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1969	1959