Glasgow vs Riggston

A side-by-side comparison of Glasgow and Riggston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glasgow has the higher population (146 vs 27 in Riggston). Since 2019, Riggston's population has grown faster (+80.0% vs +57.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Riggston
Population	146	27
Median age	61.0 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	—
Median home value	$53,900	—
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	76	12
Homeownership rate	89.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Riggston
Population	93 → 146 (+57.0%)	15 → 27 (+80.0%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $52,500 (+19.3%)	—
Median home value	$51,000 → $53,900 (+5.7%)	—

Glasgow

Population

93146

Median household income

$44,000$52,500

Median home value

$51,000$53,900

Riggston

Population

1527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glasgow	Riggston
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	27.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	22.2%
75 and over	15.8%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Riggston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Riggston
No high school diploma	16.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	69.4%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Riggston
Drove alone	91.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Riggston
1-unit, detached	84.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Riggston
Poverty rate	1.4%	22.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1941	—