Gideon vs Lilbourn

A side-by-side comparison of Gideon and Lilbourn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lilbourn has the higher population (1,021 vs 711 in Gideon). Gideon has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $41,250 in Lilbourn). Lilbourn has the higher median home value ($65,600 vs $54,000 in Gideon).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	Lilbourn
Population	711	1,021
Median age	44.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$41,250
Median home value	$54,000	$65,600
Median gross rent	$584	$692
Housing units	369	431
Homeownership rate	68.2%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	Lilbourn
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	1,137 → 1,021 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$28,000 → $41,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$63,400 → $65,600 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$555 → $692 (+24.7%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

Lilbourn

Population

1,1371,021

Median household income

$28,000$41,250

Median home value

$63,400$65,600

Median gross rent

$555$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	Lilbourn
Under 5	10.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.9%
75 and over	8.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	Lilbourn
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.1%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.2%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	Lilbourn
No high school diploma	19.3%	27.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	Lilbourn
Drove alone	82.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	2.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	Lilbourn
1-unit, detached	75.1%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	Lilbourn
Poverty rate	24.7%	26.9%
Average household size	2.39	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1962	1972