Gilberts vs Sugar Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Gilberts and Sugar Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sugar Grove has the higher population (9,233 vs 8,389 in Gilberts). Gilberts has the higher median household income ($119,719 vs $116,250 in Sugar Grove). Sugar Grove has the higher median home value ($372,000 vs $330,100 in Gilberts).

Population, income & housing

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
Population	8,389	9,233
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,719	$116,250
Median home value	$330,100	$372,000
Median gross rent	$1,852	$1,608
Housing units	3,045	3,637
Homeownership rate	88.1%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
Population	7,823 → 8,389 (+7.2%)	9,689 → 9,233 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$97,135 → $119,719 (+23.3%)	$118,638 → $116,250 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$261,300 → $330,100 (+26.3%)	$290,600 → $372,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,045 → $1,852 (-9.4%)	$1,131 → $1,608 (+42.2%)

Gilberts

Population

7,8238,389

Median household income

$97,135$119,719

Median home value

$261,300$330,100

Median gross rent

$2,045$1,852

Sugar Grove

Population

9,6899,233

Median household income

$118,638$116,250

Median home value

$290,600$372,000

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
Under 5	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	18.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.7%
75 and over	1.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
Drove alone	72.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	23.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
1-unit, detached	71.2%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	28.8%	23.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilberts	Sugar Grove
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.97	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	2004	2002