Golden Gate vs Wayne City

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Gate and Wayne City: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Gate and Wayne City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wayne City has the higher population (1,050 vs 97 in Golden Gate). Wayne City has the higher median household income ($58,208 vs $16,081 in Golden Gate). Since 2019, Wayne City's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs +2.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
Population	97	1,050
Median age	60.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$16,081	$58,208
Median home value	—	$108,600
Median gross rent	—	$746
Housing units	74	486
Homeownership rate	40.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
Population	95 → 97 (+2.1%)	965 → 1,050 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $16,081 (-66.4%)	$51,389 → $58,208 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $47,000 (+12.7%)	$97,300 → $108,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $746 (+10.8%)

Golden Gate

Population

9597

Median household income

$47,917$16,081

Median home value

$41,700$47,000

Wayne City

Population

9651,050

Median household income

$51,389$58,208

Median home value

$97,300$108,600

Median gross rent

$673$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	20.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	19.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.3%
75 and over	38.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
No high school diploma	47.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
Drove alone	30.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	25.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.0%	4.1%
Other means	10.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
1-unit, detached	83.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Golden Gate	Wayne City
Poverty rate	40.2%	11.3%
Average household size	1.56	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1938	1975