Bartlett vs Carol Stream

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

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

Bartlett has the higher population (40,531 vs 39,427 in Carol Stream). Bartlett has the higher median household income ($130,479 vs $105,395 in Carol Stream). Bartlett has the higher median home value ($350,500 vs $308,700 in Carol Stream).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
Population	40,531	39,427
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$130,479	$105,395
Median home value	$350,500	$308,700
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,465
Housing units	14,666	14,786
Homeownership rate	88.5%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
Population	41,120 → 40,531 (-1.4%)	39,726 → 39,427 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$108,592 → $130,479 (+20.2%)	$82,062 → $105,395 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$279,200 → $350,500 (+25.5%)	$247,600 → $308,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,857 (+18.3%)	$1,192 → $1,465 (+22.9%)

Bartlett

Population

41,12040,531

Median household income

$108,592$130,479

Median home value

$279,200$350,500

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,857

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)

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	50.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	17.8%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
Drove alone	71.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.9%
Public transit	2.3%	2.7%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.5%	13.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
1-unit, detached	69.6%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	19.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Carol Stream
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1992	1984