Gays vs Sullivan

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

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

Sullivan has the higher population (4,253 vs 173 in Gays). Sullivan has the higher median household income ($62,845 vs $54,464 in Gays). Sullivan has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $95,000 in Gays).

Population, income & housing

	Gays	Sullivan
Population	173	4,253
Median age	48.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,464	$62,845
Median home value	$95,000	$95,600
Median gross rent	$850	$790
Housing units	77	1,895
Homeownership rate	80.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays	Sullivan
Population	227 → 173 (-23.8%)	4,475 → 4,253 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $54,464 (-3.2%)	$56,375 → $62,845 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $95,000 (+31.0%)	$92,500 → $95,600 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)	$715 → $790 (+10.5%)

Gays

Population

227173

Median household income

$56,250$54,464

Median home value

$72,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$850

Sullivan

Population

4,4754,253

Median household income

$56,375$62,845

Median home value

$92,500$95,600

Median gross rent

$715$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gays	Sullivan
Under 5	6.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.6%
75 and over	11.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays	Sullivan
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays	Sullivan
Drove alone	80.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.3%
Other means	3.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	90.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Gays	Sullivan
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1950	1963