Gillespie vs Girard

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

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

Gillespie has the higher population (3,118 vs 1,740 in Girard). Gillespie has the higher median household income ($76,806 vs $40,250 in Girard). Girard has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $89,500 in Gillespie).

Population, income & housing

	Gillespie	Girard
Population	3,118	1,740
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,806	$40,250
Median home value	$89,500	$96,300
Median gross rent	$756	$775
Housing units	1,465	855
Homeownership rate	65.2%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillespie	Girard
Population	3,086 → 3,118 (+1.0%)	1,894 → 1,740 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$41,624 → $76,806 (+84.5%)	$44,469 → $40,250 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $89,500 (+8.0%)	$69,200 → $96,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $756 (+16.1%)	$756 → $775 (+2.5%)

Gillespie

Population

3,0863,118

Median household income

$41,624$76,806

Median home value

$82,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$651$756

Girard

Population

1,8941,740

Median household income

$44,469$40,250

Median home value

$69,200$96,300

Median gross rent

$756$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillespie	Girard
Under 5	8.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.2%
75 and over	10.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillespie	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillespie	Girard
No high school diploma	6.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	43.4%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillespie	Girard
Drove alone	84.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillespie	Girard
1-unit, detached	89.8%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gillespie	Girard
Poverty rate	17.0%	30.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1953	1955