Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety97#420/15,637
Economy48#8,139/15,631
Housing65#5,305/14,977
Health37#9,851/15,609
Healthcare21#12,421/15,650
Environment11#13,801/15,453
Education52#7,452/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,424/15,650
Community25#11,701/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,010/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Goreville, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Johnson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Illinois 10.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJohnson County value
Mental health providers · high886 /100k
98/100Illinois 355 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJohnson County value
Property crime rate · low317 /100k
96/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJohnson County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJohnson County value
Unemployment rate · low1.0%
92/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
92/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJohnson County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJohnson County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.8 /10k
2/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJohnson County value
Distance to an airport · high120 mi
6/100Illinois 35 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJohnson County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
6/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJohnson County value
Dentists · low23 /100k
6/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJohnson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,038 (2015-2019) → 1,236 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.8% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.2% (2015-2019) → 85.0% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.8% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateWorsening
8.0% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,297 (2015-2019) → $68,798 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Goreville, Illinois improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++8.1 points17.8% → 25.8%
Household income+27%$54,297 → $68,798

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Goreville, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	75.2%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Effective property tax rate	1.73%2015-2019	2.02%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3682015-2019	0.3622020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$54,2972015-2019	$68,7982020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
Poverty rate	8.0%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.7%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Goreville, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Goreville, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Goreville, Illinois itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,236 residents (±217)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+5.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,236 residents (±217)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

White97%1,197
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.8%†22

Education

852 residents (±173)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma3.6%†31
High school or GED27%†228
Some college27%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

493 households (±94)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k13%†66
$25k–50k19%†94
$50k–75k24%†120
$75k–100k25%†121
$100k–150k11%†54
$150k–200k3.4%†17
$200k or more4.3%†21

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

493 households (±94)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Own73%359
Rent27%†134

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

107 households (±42)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $75020%†21
$750–1,00036%†38
$1,000–1,50041%†44

Home values

359 homes (±81)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k52%†187
$150k–250k38%†136
$250k–400k9.2%†33

Age of homes

519 homes (±94)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later31%†161
2000–20095.0%†26
1980–199913%†67

Size of homes

519 homes (±94)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.0%†21
2 bedrooms22%†116

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

469 workers (±108)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone87%407
Carpool4.9%†23
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.0%†28
Other2.3%†11

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

441 workers (±108)

Goreville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min18%†78
15–29 min37%†164
30–44 min30%†134

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Johnson County, the county holding most of Goreville's residents.

Johnson County has 175 employer establishments, 131 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.51× Illinois's), with 1,255 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,912. The Census Bureau also counts 768 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 175; 768 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 131; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 1,255
Average annual pay: $38,912; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Johnson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	17	12.7	0.82×About typical	83	$48,506	73
Restaurants and other eating places	13	9.7	0.53×Fewer than typical	136	$18,963	—
Religious organizations	11	8.2	1.48×More than typical	30	$16,533	—
Gasoline stations	8	6	1.85×Too few to compare	63	$31,603	—
Individual and family services	8	6	2.14×Too few to compare	134	$36,612	—
Full-service restaurants	7	5.2	0.68×Too few to compare	33	$21,485	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	4.5	0.22×Too few to compare	25	$56,080	24
Banks and credit unions	6	4.5	1.39×Too few to compare	37	$46,622	—
Building equipment contractors	6	4.5	0.75×Too few to compare	37	$73,541	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	4.5	0.67×Too few to compare	125	$60,512	89
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	5	3.7	0.92×Too few to compare	72	$12,153	12
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	3.7	0.85×Too few to compare	7	$31,571	19

Rank places for an industry Open Johnson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,366 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,154 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Goreville, Illinois: $0.93 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,154
Per resident: $0.93; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$1,154100%

Top recipients

CHRIS HARNER EXCAVATING$1,154100%

Spending by fiscal year

3.3KFY2017
3KFY2018
769.2FY2019
705.8FY2020
986.8FY2021
16FY2022
542.6FY2023
1.2KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$1,154100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Goreville, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Goreville, Illinois's figures are part of those of Johnson County, IL ($165.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Goreville is mostly in Johnson County.

See federal money in Johnson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Goreville, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike BostR-IL-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Johnson County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Johnson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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