Gays, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gays, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 757. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet GAYS-IL · Gays, IL 1 ZIPs · 757 pop · #2328/25278 · Moultrie County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-TOP $118,271
  • RANK-TOP #2328/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Dalton City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 757
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $152,300

Nearest income peer: Dalton City, IL ( $36,955 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Gays

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gays on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Gays, IL sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
757
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$118,271
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $118,271 and home value $152,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 7.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gays as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Oak Brook is the closest lower-income city and Edelstein the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gays.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 61928, is all of Gays

There is no split to weigh here: 61928 holds every one of Gays's 757 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Gays

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $341k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61928 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Gays, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Moultrie County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gays. See the Moultrie County roll-up →

No other city sharing Moultrie County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gays. Sullivan, Lovington and Bethany sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Lovington marks the far end of that range at $61,295, 48% below Gays.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61928 757 $118,271 4 8

Gays roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Gays, .