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Golden village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Golden village is a Census village of 693 people across 0.64 square miles of land, in Adams County. Median household income is $55,000, 77.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
60 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Golden
What Golden is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.64 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,079 plus or minus 297
- County holding the largest share of its areaAdams County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden
How many people live in Golden
- Population693 plus or minus 191
- Median age34.3 plus or minus 14.5
- Population under 18167 plus or minus 69
- Share under 1824.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over177 plus or minus 60
- Share 65 and over25.5 percent
- Households298 plus or minus 77
- Family households170 plus or minus 59
- Share of households that are families57.0 percent plus or minus 13.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden
Income and work in Golden
- Median household income$55,000 plus or minus $18,975
- Per capita income$31,356
- Civilian labor force318 plus or minus 96
- Employed309 plus or minus 95
- Unemployed9 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over466 plus or minus 114
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent plus or minus 29.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden
Housing in Golden
- Housing units334 plus or minus 87
- Occupied units298 plus or minus 77
- Vacant units36 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Owner occupied231 plus or minus 64
- Renter occupied67 plus or minus 37
- Ownership rate77.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,800 plus or minus $39,576
- Median gross rent, monthly$760
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units318 plus or minus 85
- Share single family95.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more4.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden
How Golden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute304 plus or minus 94
- Commuting under 15 minutes80 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.3 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more189 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more62.2 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Drove alone94.8 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden
SBA loans in Golden (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$597,000
- Average approval$597,000
- Median approval$597,000
- Largest approval$597,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Adams County, not Golden
Adams County context, not Golden figures
These are Adams County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Golden measurements.
- Establishments in Adams County1,787
- Employment at those establishments, Adams County31,699
- Covered employment, Adams County32,154
- Average annual pay, Adams County$54,986
- Average weekly wage, Adams County$1,057
- Housing units permitted, Adams County69
- Of those, single family, Adams County33
- County product, 2024, Adams County$4,661,117,000
- County product change over the prior year, Adams County3.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Adams County$59,602
Every figure in this section is published for Adams County as a whole and is not a measurement of Golden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Golden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Golden, Illinois?
693, in 298 households. Golden village covers 0.64 square miles of land, which is 1,079 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Golden in?
Adams County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Golden?
$55,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,800. Median gross rent is $760 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Golden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Adams County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Golden.
Is zoning published for Golden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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