Carol Stream vs Glendale Heights

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

Carol Stream and Glendale Heights 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 32,864 in Glendale Heights). Carol Stream has the higher median household income ($105,395 vs $82,232 in Glendale Heights). Carol Stream has the higher median home value ($308,700 vs $249,000 in Glendale Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
Population	39,427	32,864
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,395	$82,232
Median home value	$308,700	$249,000
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,562
Housing units	14,786	11,835
Homeownership rate	68.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
Population	39,726 → 39,427 (-0.8%)	34,079 → 32,864 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $105,395 (+28.4%)	$68,495 → $82,232 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$247,600 → $308,700 (+24.7%)	$194,400 → $249,000 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,465 (+22.9%)	$1,272 → $1,562 (+22.8%)

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

Glendale Heights

Population

34,07932,864

Median household income

$68,495$82,232

Median home value

$194,400$249,000

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	29.6%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	19.5%	24.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.9%
High school graduate	20.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
Drove alone	71.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	13.8%
Public transit	2.7%	1.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
1-unit, detached	48.1%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	23.7%
20 or more units	11.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carol Stream	Glendale Heights
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1984	1978