Braceville vs Carbon Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Braceville and Carbon Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Braceville has the higher population (890 vs 485 in Carbon Hill). Carbon Hill has the higher median household income ($100,368 vs $70,278 in Braceville). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $176,400 in Braceville).

Population, income & housing

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
Population	890	485
Median age	30.7 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$100,368
Median home value	$176,400	$217,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,229
Housing units	304	177
Homeownership rate	88.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
Population	759 → 890 (+17.3%)	322 → 485 (+50.6%)
Median household income	$64,563 → $70,278 (+8.9%)	$63,750 → $100,368 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $176,400 (+29.7%)	$156,000 → $217,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,250 (+2.0%)	$1,188 → $1,229 (+3.5%)

Braceville

Population

759890

Median household income

$64,563$70,278

Median home value

$136,000$176,400

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,250

Carbon Hill

Population

322485

Median household income

$63,750$100,368

Median home value

$156,000$217,100

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
Under 5	13.7%	9.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	2.4%	14.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.2%
75 and over	6.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
Drove alone	90.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
1-unit, detached	98.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Braceville	Carbon Hill
Poverty rate	13.1%	7.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1971	1978