Brighton vs Gillespie

A side-by-side comparison of Brighton and Gillespie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gillespie has the higher population (3,118 vs 2,536 in Brighton). Gillespie has the higher median household income ($76,806 vs $74,327 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $89,500 in Gillespie).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Gillespie
Population	2,536	3,118
Median age	37.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,327	$76,806
Median home value	$123,000	$89,500
Median gross rent	$955	$756
Housing units	985	1,465
Homeownership rate	84.2%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Gillespie
Population	2,272 → 2,536 (+11.6%)	3,086 → 3,118 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$63,906 → $74,327 (+16.3%)	$41,624 → $76,806 (+84.5%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $123,000 (+19.8%)	$82,900 → $89,500 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $955 (+33.6%)	$651 → $756 (+16.1%)

Brighton

Population

2,2722,536

Median household income

$63,906$74,327

Median home value

$102,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$715$955

Gillespie

Population

3,0863,118

Median household income

$41,624$76,806

Median home value

$82,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$651$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Gillespie
Under 5	6.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Gillespie
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Gillespie
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Gillespie
Drove alone	82.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Gillespie
1-unit, detached	92.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Gillespie
Poverty rate	12.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1973	1953