Carlyle vs Trenton

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

Carlyle and Trenton 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 2,673 in Trenton). Trenton has the higher median household income ($80,227 vs $67,083 in Carlyle). Trenton has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $151,900 in Carlyle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlyle	Trenton
Population	3,134	2,673
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$80,227
Median home value	$151,900	$179,200
Median gross rent	$1,051	$912
Housing units	1,324	1,233
Homeownership rate	66.9%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlyle	Trenton
Population	3,383 → 3,134 (-7.4%)	2,614 → 2,673 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$55,198 → $67,083 (+21.5%)	$60,214 → $80,227 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $151,900 (+28.3%)	$143,400 → $179,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,051 (+26.5%)	$724 → $912 (+26.0%)

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

Trenton

Population

2,6142,673

Median household income

$60,214$80,227

Median home value

$143,400$179,200

Median gross rent

$724$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlyle	Trenton
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.3%
75 and over	6.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlyle	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlyle	Trenton
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlyle	Trenton
Drove alone	77.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	1.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlyle	Trenton
1-unit, detached	77.0%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Carlyle	Trenton
Poverty rate	7.5%	12.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1959	1972