Gilliam vs Slater

A side-by-side comparison of Gilliam and Slater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slater has the higher population (2,144 vs 207 in Gilliam). Slater has the higher median household income ($40,313 vs $36,607 in Gilliam). Gilliam has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $82,500 in Slater).

Population, income & housing

	Gilliam	Slater
Population	207	2,144
Median age	30.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$40,313
Median home value	$82,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$571	$496
Housing units	109	1,039
Homeownership rate	50.6%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilliam	Slater
Population	222 → 207 (-6.8%)	2,057 → 2,144 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $36,607 (-2.4%)	$32,115 → $40,313 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $82,800 (+26.0%)	$64,300 → $82,500 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $571 (-13.9%)	$578 → $496 (-14.2%)

Gilliam

Population

222207

Median household income

$37,500$36,607

Median home value

$65,700$82,800

Median gross rent

$663$571

Slater

Population

2,0572,144

Median household income

$32,115$40,313

Median home value

$64,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$578$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilliam	Slater
Under 5	5.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	30.4%	5.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	3.4%	9.0%
75 and over	2.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilliam	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	74.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilliam	Slater
No high school diploma	20.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilliam	Slater
Drove alone	89.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilliam	Slater
1-unit, detached	60.6%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilliam	Slater
Poverty rate	24.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1972	1965