Gulfport vs Lomax

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

Gulfport 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 88 in Gulfport). Gulfport has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $51,875 in Lomax). Since 2019, Gulfport's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs -18.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Lomax
Population	88	321
Median age	48.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$51,875
Median home value	—	$81,400
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	42	138
Homeownership rate	61.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	25.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Lomax
Population	81 → 88 (+8.6%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $62,500 (-9.9%)	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)
Median home value	—	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)

Gulfport

Population

8188

Median household income

$69,375$62,500

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)

	Gulfport	Lomax
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	40.9%	6.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	18.7%
75 and over	2.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Lomax
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	9.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Lomax
No high school diploma	14.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	61.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Lomax
Drove alone	100.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	Lomax
1-unit, detached	50.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Lomax
Poverty rate	39.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	2003	1962