Gillespie vs Virden

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

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

Virden has the higher population (3,165 vs 3,118 in Gillespie). Virden has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $76,806 in Gillespie). Virden has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $89,500 in Gillespie).

Population, income & housing

	Gillespie	Virden
Population	3,118	3,165
Median age	44.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,806	$78,750
Median home value	$89,500	$98,800
Median gross rent	$756	$785
Housing units	1,465	1,387
Homeownership rate	65.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillespie	Virden
Population	3,086 → 3,118 (+1.0%)	3,514 → 3,165 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$41,624 → $76,806 (+84.5%)	$50,938 → $78,750 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $89,500 (+8.0%)	$93,000 → $98,800 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $756 (+16.1%)	$654 → $785 (+20.0%)

Gillespie

Population

3,0863,118

Median household income

$41,624$76,806

Median home value

$82,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$651$756

Virden

Population

3,5143,165

Median household income

$50,938$78,750

Median home value

$93,000$98,800

Median gross rent

$654$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillespie	Virden
Under 5	8.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.9%
75 and over	10.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillespie	Virden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	99.5%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillespie	Virden
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillespie	Virden
Drove alone	84.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillespie	Virden
1-unit, detached	89.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Gillespie	Virden
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1953	1946