Carlinville vs Gillespie

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

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

Carlinville has the higher population (5,574 vs 3,118 in Gillespie). Gillespie has the higher median household income ($76,806 vs $52,738 in Carlinville). Carlinville has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $89,500 in Gillespie).

Population, income & housing

	Carlinville	Gillespie
Population	5,574	3,118
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,738	$76,806
Median home value	$108,000	$89,500
Median gross rent	$736	$756
Housing units	2,432	1,465
Homeownership rate	63.4%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlinville	Gillespie
Population	5,540 → 5,574 (+0.6%)	3,086 → 3,118 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $52,738 (+20.7%)	$41,624 → $76,806 (+84.5%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $108,000 (+17.9%)	$82,900 → $89,500 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $736 (-7.5%)	$651 → $756 (+16.1%)

Carlinville

Population

5,5405,574

Median household income

$43,693$52,738

Median home value

$91,600$108,000

Median gross rent

$796$736

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)

	Carlinville	Gillespie
Under 5	4.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.0%
75 and over	11.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlinville	Gillespie
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlinville	Gillespie
No high school diploma	18.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlinville	Gillespie
Drove alone	83.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlinville	Gillespie
1-unit, detached	70.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlinville	Gillespie
Poverty rate	25.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1969	1953