East Gillespie vs Shipman

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

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

Shipman has the higher population (667 vs 325 in East Gillespie). East Gillespie has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $62,500 in Shipman). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $92,500 in Shipman).

Population, income & housing

	East Gillespie	Shipman
Population	325	667
Median age	56.9 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$62,500
Median home value	$125,000	$92,500
Median gross rent	$840	$788
Housing units	148	248
Homeownership rate	89.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gillespie	Shipman
Population	231 → 325 (+40.7%)	607 → 667 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)	$48,864 → $62,500 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)	$92,900 → $92,500 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Shipman

Population

607667

Median household income

$48,864$62,500

Median home value

$92,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gillespie	Shipman
Under 5	2.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.0%
75 and over	23.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gillespie	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gillespie	Shipman
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gillespie	Shipman
Drove alone	88.0%	89.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gillespie	Shipman
1-unit, detached	92.6%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	East Gillespie	Shipman
Poverty rate	6.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.43	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1963	1960