East Gillespie vs Wilsonville

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

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

Wilsonville has the higher population (492 vs 325 in East Gillespie). East Gillespie has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $49,038 in Wilsonville). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $86,000 in Wilsonville).

Population, income & housing

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
Population	325	492
Median age	56.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$49,038
Median home value	$125,000	$86,000
Median gross rent	$840	$878
Housing units	148	258
Homeownership rate	89.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
Population	231 → 325 (+40.7%)	634 → 492 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)	$41,118 → $49,038 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)	$56,300 → $86,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)	$763 → $878 (+15.1%)

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Wilsonville

Population

634492

Median household income

$41,118$49,038

Median home value

$56,300$86,000

Median gross rent

$763$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
Under 5	2.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	20.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.2%
75 and over	23.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	99.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	4.7%	17.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
Drove alone	88.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	92.6%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	East Gillespie	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	6.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1963	1949