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Population (year 2000): 259. Estimated
population in July 2005: 267 (+3.1% change)
Males: 137 (52.9%), Females: 122 (47.1%)
Moultrie County
Zip code:
61928
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $42,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $55,000 (year 2000)
Races in Gays:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.5%)
Ancestries: United States (22.0%), German
(14.3%), English (5.0%), Irish (4.6%), French (2.7%), Slovak
(1.5%).
Elevation: 755 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gays
- High school or higher: 92.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 5.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gays village
- Never married: 17.4%
- Now married: 71.6%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 1.1%
- Divorced: 8.9%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +22 (+9.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gays:
- SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH CENTER (about 9 miles;
MATTOON, IL)
- SHELBY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
SHELBYVILLE, IL)
- ST ANTHONYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
EFFINGHAM, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gays:
- COLES COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 16 miles;
MATTOON/CHARLESTON, IL; ID: MTO)
- DECATUR (about 36 miles; DECATUR, IL; ID: DEC)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-WILLARD (about 43 miles;
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL; ID: CMI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gays:
- SHELBY COUNTY (about 24 miles; SHELBYVILLE, IL; ID:
2H0)
- TUSCOLA (about 26 miles; TUSCOLA, IL; ID: K96)
- EFFINGHAM COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 28 miles;
EFFINGHAM, IL; ID: 1H2)
Amtrak station near Gays:
- 9 miles: MATTOON (1718 BROADWAY). Services: enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gays:
- LAKE LAND COLLEGE (about 9 miles; MATTOON, IL;
Full-time enrollment: 3,666)
- EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles;
CHARLESTON, IL; FT enrollment: 9,582)
- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; DECATUR, IL; FT
enrollment: 2,274)
- PARKLAND COLLEGE (about 48 miles; CHAMPAIGN, IL; FT
enrollment: 5,186)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (about 49
miles; Champaign, IL; FT enrollment: 36,284)
- INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; TERRE
HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 9,597)
- IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-WABASH VALLEY (about 77
miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,099)
Private high school in Gays:
- HERITAGE BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 47;
Location: 717 FRONT STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
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