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Gibson City city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Gibson City city is a Census city of 3,434 people across 2.32 square miles of land, in Ford County. Median household income is $42,955, 58.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Gibson City
What Gibson City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.32 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,480
- County holding the largest share of its areaFord 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.
Gibson City
How many people live in Gibson City
- Population3,434
- Median age44.2
- Population under 18648 plus or minus 139
- Share under 1818.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Population 65 and over735 plus or minus 163
- Share 65 and over21.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Households1,598
- Family households861
- Share of households that are families53.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson City
Income and work in Gibson City
- Median household income$42,955 plus or minus $13,469
- Per capita income$33,062
- Civilian labor force1,719
- Employed1,566
- Unemployed153 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over2,453
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson City
Housing in Gibson City
- Housing units1,611
- Occupied units1,598
- Vacant units13 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied931
- Renter occupied667 plus or minus 148
- Ownership rate58.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$153,800 plus or minus $44,208
- Median gross rent, monthly$943
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Single family units1,168
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more402 plus or minus 167
- Share in buildings of two or more25.0 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson City
How Gibson City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,401
- Commuting under 15 minutes933 plus or minus 219
- Share commuting under 15 minutes66.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more222 plus or minus 92
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson City
Flood risk in Gibson City
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170234
- Currently effective map date05/17/22(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Ford County, not Gibson City
Ford County context, not Gibson City figures
These are Ford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gibson City measurements.
- Establishments in Ford County343
- Employment at those establishments, Ford County4,269
- Covered employment, Ford County5,727
- Average annual pay, Ford County$55,831
- Average weekly wage, Ford County$1,074
- Housing units permitted, Ford County12
- Of those, single family, Ford County12
- County product, 2024, Ford County$1,118,516,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ford County6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ford County$46,530
Every figure in this section is published for Ford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gibson City. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Gibson City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gibson City, Illinois?
3,434, in 1,598 households. Gibson City city covers 2.32 square miles of land, which is 1,480 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gibson City in?
Ford 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 Gibson City?
$42,955. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $153,800. Median gross rent is $943 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Gibson City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Gibson City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170234, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Gibson City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ford 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 Gibson City.
Is zoning published for Gibson City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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