Gilson vs Maquon

A side-by-side comparison of Gilson and Maquon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilson has the higher population (149 vs 145 in Maquon). Gilson has the higher median household income ($66,719 vs $56,964 in Maquon). Since 2019, Gilson's population has grown faster (-28.4% vs -34.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gilson	Maquon
Population	149	145
Median age	61.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,719	$56,964
Median home value	—	$69,500
Median gross rent	—	$619
Housing units	113	90
Homeownership rate	83.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilson	Maquon
Population	208 → 149 (-28.4%)	220 → 145 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$104,167 → $66,719 (-35.9%)	$49,792 → $56,964 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $63,300 (-5.2%)	$63,000 → $69,500 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $619 (-6.6%)

Gilson

Population

208149

Median household income

$104,167$66,719

Median home value

$66,800$63,300

Maquon

Population

220145

Median household income

$49,792$56,964

Median home value

$63,000$69,500

Median gross rent

$663$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilson	Maquon
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	2.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	17.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	32.9%	18.6%
75 and over	4.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilson	Maquon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilson	Maquon
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilson	Maquon
Drove alone	85.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilson	Maquon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilson	Maquon
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.10	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1972	1938