Addison vs Carol Stream

A side-by-side comparison of Addison and Carol Stream: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carol Stream has the higher population (39,427 vs 35,470 in Addison). Carol Stream has the higher median household income ($105,395 vs $87,587 in Addison). Addison has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $308,700 in Carol Stream).

Population, income & housing

	Addison	Carol Stream
Population	35,470	39,427
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,587	$105,395
Median home value	$318,000	$308,700
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,465
Housing units	13,449	14,786
Homeownership rate	67.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Addison	Carol Stream
Population	36,896 → 35,470 (-3.9%)	39,726 → 39,427 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$67,337 → $87,587 (+30.1%)	$82,062 → $105,395 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$250,100 → $318,000 (+27.1%)	$247,600 → $308,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,238 (+17.0%)	$1,192 → $1,465 (+22.9%)

Addison

Population

36,89635,470

Median household income

$67,337$87,587

Median home value

$250,100$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,238

Carol Stream

Population

39,72639,427

Median household income

$82,062$105,395

Median home value

$247,600$308,700

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Addison	Carol Stream
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Addison	Carol Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	50.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.9%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Addison	Carol Stream
No high school diploma	22.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Addison	Carol Stream
Drove alone	70.9%	71.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	10.9%
Public transit	1.6%	2.7%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	13.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Addison	Carol Stream
1-unit, detached	55.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	19.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Addison	Carol Stream
Poverty rate	8.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1972	1984