Gays vs Lake City

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

Gays and Lake City 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 103 in Lake City). Since 2019, Lake City's population has grown faster (-3.7% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Gays	Lake City
Population	173	103
Median age	48.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,464	—
Median home value	$95,000	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	77	53
Homeownership rate	80.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays	Lake City
Population	227 → 173 (-23.8%)	107 → 103 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $54,464 (-3.2%)	$65,750 → $46,500 (-29.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,000 (+31.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)	—

Gays

Population

227173

Median household income

$56,250$54,464

Median home value

$72,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$850

Lake City

Population

107103

Median household income

$65,750$46,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gays	Lake City
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	25.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	28.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	21.4%
75 and over	11.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.5%
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	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays	Lake City
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays	Lake City
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays	Lake City
1-unit, detached	90.9%	100.0%
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	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gays	Lake City
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1950	1989