Clifton vs Gilman

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Gilman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilman has the higher population (1,576 vs 1,279 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($69,276 vs $65,729 in Gilman). Clifton has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $108,900 in Gilman).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Gilman
Population	1,279	1,576
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,276	$65,729
Median home value	$184,100	$108,900
Median gross rent	$839	$702
Housing units	557	771
Homeownership rate	72.4%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Gilman
Population	1,326 → 1,279 (-3.5%)	1,832 → 1,576 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$72,778 → $69,276 (-4.8%)	$52,643 → $65,729 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $184,100 (+32.4%)	$102,700 → $108,900 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $839 (+7.8%)	$684 → $702 (+2.6%)

Clifton

Population

1,3261,279

Median household income

$72,778$69,276

Median home value

$139,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$778$839

Gilman

Population

1,8321,576

Median household income

$52,643$65,729

Median home value

$102,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$684$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Gilman
Under 5	4.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.8%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Gilman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Gilman
No high school diploma	3.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	41.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Gilman
Drove alone	88.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Gilman
1-unit, detached	84.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Gilman
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1960	1955