Gilliam vs Sweet Springs

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

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

Sweet Springs has the higher population (1,299 vs 207 in Gilliam). Sweet Springs has the higher median household income ($46,111 vs $36,607 in Gilliam). Sweet Springs has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $82,800 in Gilliam).

Population, income & housing

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
Population	207	1,299
Median age	30.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$46,111
Median home value	$82,800	$92,000
Median gross rent	$571	$717
Housing units	109	589
Homeownership rate	50.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
Population	222 → 207 (-6.8%)	1,399 → 1,299 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $36,607 (-2.4%)	$41,458 → $46,111 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $82,800 (+26.0%)	$72,900 → $92,000 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $571 (-13.9%)	$644 → $717 (+11.3%)

Gilliam

Population

222207

Median household income

$37,500$36,607

Median home value

$65,700$82,800

Median gross rent

$663$571

Sweet Springs

Population

1,3991,299

Median household income

$41,458$46,111

Median home value

$72,900$92,000

Median gross rent

$644$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	30.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	5.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	3.4%	13.7%
75 and over	2.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	14.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
No high school diploma	20.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
Drove alone	89.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
1-unit, detached	60.6%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilliam	Sweet Springs
Poverty rate	24.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1972	1966