Allenville vs Gays

A side-by-side comparison of Allenville and Gays: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gays has the higher population (173 vs 120 in Allenville). Allenville has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $54,464 in Gays). Gays has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $85,000 in Allenville).

Population, income & housing

	Allenville	Gays
Population	120	173
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$54,464
Median home value	$85,000	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	56	77
Homeownership rate	79.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allenville	Gays
Population	153 → 120 (-21.6%)	227 → 173 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$56,250 → $54,464 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $85,000 (+15.5%)	$72,500 → $95,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $745 (-2.4%)	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)

Allenville

Population

153120

Median household income

$54,750$67,917

Median home value

$73,600$85,000

Median gross rent

$763$745

Gays

Population

227173

Median household income

$56,250$54,464

Median home value

$72,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allenville	Gays
Under 5	11.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	6.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.4%
75 and over	12.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allenville	Gays
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allenville	Gays
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allenville	Gays
Drove alone	94.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allenville	Gays
1-unit, detached	58.9%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Allenville	Gays
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1986	1950