Gays vs Lovington

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

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

Lovington has the higher population (1,120 vs 173 in Gays). Gays has the higher median household income ($54,464 vs $54,394 in Lovington). Gays has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $90,400 in Lovington).

Population, income & housing

	Gays	Lovington
Population	173	1,120
Median age	48.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,464	$54,394
Median home value	$95,000	$90,400
Median gross rent	$850	$748
Housing units	77	540
Homeownership rate	80.5%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays	Lovington
Population	227 → 173 (-23.8%)	1,202 → 1,120 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $54,464 (-3.2%)	$45,526 → $54,394 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,000 (+31.0%)	$73,300 → $90,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)	$534 → $748 (+40.1%)

Gays

Population

227173

Median household income

$56,250$54,464

Median home value

$72,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$850

Lovington

Population

1,2021,120

Median household income

$45,526$54,394

Median home value

$73,300$90,400

Median gross rent

$534$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gays	Lovington
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.7%
75 and over	11.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays	Lovington
No high school diploma	7.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays	Lovington
Drove alone	80.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays	Lovington
1-unit, detached	90.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Gays	Lovington
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1950	1956