East Gillespie vs Mount Clare

A side-by-side comparison of East Gillespie and Mount Clare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Gillespie has the higher population (325 vs 322 in Mount Clare). Mount Clare has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $64,167 in East Gillespie). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $111,100 in Mount Clare).

Population, income & housing

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
Population	325	322
Median age	56.9 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$66,125
Median home value	$125,000	$111,100
Median gross rent	$840	$569
Housing units	148	122
Homeownership rate	89.6%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
Population	231 → 325 (+40.7%)	255 → 322 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
Under 5	2.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.1%
75 and over	23.7%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
Drove alone	88.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
1-unit, detached	92.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	East Gillespie	Mount Clare
Poverty rate	6.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1963	1962