Gays is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Gays, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
31 in every 100 people in Gays are 65 or older
Gays counts about 212 residents (2025 Census estimate). 13 in 100 residents are kids under 18. For every 100 adults 25 and older, 15 have a bachelor’s degree or more, beside 38 across IL.
Median age 54.9 (IL 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 4.8% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 33 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Gays says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Gays
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Gays’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Gays or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Gays in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.