Breese vs Carlyle

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

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

Breese has the higher population (4,373 vs 3,134 in Carlyle). Breese has the higher median household income ($72,900 vs $67,083 in Carlyle). Breese has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $151,900 in Carlyle).

Population, income & housing

	Breese	Carlyle
Population	4,373	3,134
Median age	44.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,900	$67,083
Median home value	$204,600	$151,900
Median gross rent	$771	$1,051
Housing units	1,920	1,324
Homeownership rate	75.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breese	Carlyle
Population	4,787 → 4,373 (-8.6%)	3,383 → 3,134 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$69,167 → $72,900 (+5.4%)	$55,198 → $67,083 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $204,600 (+35.0%)	$118,400 → $151,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $771 (-27.0%)	$831 → $1,051 (+26.5%)

Breese

Population

4,7874,373

Median household income

$69,167$72,900

Median home value

$151,500$204,600

Median gross rent

$1,056$771

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)

	Breese	Carlyle
Under 5	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.4%
75 and over	9.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breese	Carlyle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breese	Carlyle
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breese	Carlyle
Drove alone	81.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breese	Carlyle
1-unit, detached	76.7%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Breese	Carlyle
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1979	1959