East Gillespie vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (524 vs 325 in East Gillespie). East Gillespie has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $46,477 in Palmyra). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $86,400 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
Population	325	524
Median age	56.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$46,477
Median home value	$125,000	$86,400
Median gross rent	$840	$670
Housing units	148	339
Homeownership rate	89.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
Population	231 → 325 (+40.7%)	665 → 524 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)	$37,692 → $46,477 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)	$64,400 → $86,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)	$541 → $670 (+23.8%)

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Palmyra

Population

665524

Median household income

$37,692$46,477

Median home value

$64,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$541$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
Under 5	2.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	13.0%
75 and over	23.7%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
No high school diploma	4.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	42.9%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
Drove alone	88.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	92.6%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	East Gillespie	Palmyra
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	42
Median year structure built	1963	1967