Gulfport vs Media

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

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

Media has the higher population (99 vs 88 in Gulfport). Media has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $62,500 in Gulfport). Since 2019, Gulfport's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs -7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Media
Population	88	99
Median age	48.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$65,833
Median home value	—	$81,000
Housing units	42	48
Homeownership rate	61.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	25.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Media
Population	81 → 88 (+8.6%)	107 → 99 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $62,500 (-9.9%)	$72,250 → $65,833 (-8.9%)
Median home value	—	$85,600 → $81,000 (-5.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $825 (+17.9%)

Gulfport

Population

8188

Median household income

$69,375$62,500

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)

	Gulfport	Media
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	40.9%	21.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Media
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	9.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Media
No high school diploma	14.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	61.2%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Media
Drove alone	100.0%	93.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.9%
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	Media
1-unit, detached	50.0%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Media
Poverty rate	39.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	2003	1938