Cainsville vs Gilman City

A side-by-side comparison of Cainsville and Gilman City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cainsville and Gilman City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gilman City has the higher population (355 vs 207 in Cainsville). Gilman City has the higher median household income ($52,875 vs $35,938 in Cainsville). Gilman City has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $48,300 in Cainsville).

Population, income & housing

	Cainsville	Gilman City
Population	207	355
Median age	48.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$52,875
Median home value	$48,300	$73,800
Median gross rent	$513	$754
Housing units	149	168
Homeownership rate	89.3%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cainsville	Gilman City
Population	248 → 207 (-16.5%)	386 → 355 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $35,938 (-12.9%)	$41,406 → $52,875 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $48,300 (+28.8%)	$53,500 → $73,800 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $513 (+54.1%)	$532 → $754 (+41.7%)

Cainsville

Population

248207

Median household income

$41,250$35,938

Median home value

$37,500$48,300

Median gross rent

$333$513

Gilman City

Population

386355

Median household income

$41,406$52,875

Median home value

$53,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$532$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cainsville	Gilman City
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	17.5%
55 to 64	23.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.5%
75 and over	11.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cainsville	Gilman City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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	2.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cainsville	Gilman City
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	51.3%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cainsville	Gilman City
Drove alone	77.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cainsville	Gilman City
1-unit, detached	76.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Cainsville	Gilman City
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1938	1958