Albers vs Carlyle

A side-by-side comparison of Albers and Carlyle: population, income, housing, and more.

Albers and Carlyle are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carlyle has the higher population (3,134 vs 1,428 in Albers). Albers has the higher median household income ($116,691 vs $67,083 in Carlyle). Albers has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $151,900 in Carlyle).

Population, income & housing

	Albers	Carlyle
Population	1,428	3,134
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$116,691	$67,083
Median home value	$209,000	$151,900
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,051
Housing units	565	1,324
Homeownership rate	85.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albers	Carlyle
Population	1,341 → 1,428 (+6.5%)	3,383 → 3,134 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $116,691 (+47.7%)	$55,198 → $67,083 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $209,000 (+24.6%)	$118,400 → $151,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,080 (+39.5%)	$831 → $1,051 (+26.5%)

Albers

Population

1,3411,428

Median household income

$79,000$116,691

Median home value

$167,700$209,000

Median gross rent

$774$1,080

Carlyle

Population

3,3833,134

Median household income

$55,198$67,083

Median home value

$118,400$151,900

Median gross rent

$831$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albers	Carlyle
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.4%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albers	Carlyle
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albers	Carlyle
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albers	Carlyle
Drove alone	69.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	7.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albers	Carlyle
1-unit, detached	95.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Albers	Carlyle
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1978	1959