Braceville vs Coal City

A side-by-side comparison of Braceville and Coal City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal City has the higher population (5,145 vs 890 in Braceville). Coal City has the higher median household income ($73,030 vs $70,278 in Braceville). Coal City has the higher median home value ($211,600 vs $176,400 in Braceville).

Population, income & housing

	Braceville	Coal City
Population	890	5,145
Median age	30.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,278	$73,030
Median home value	$176,400	$211,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,064
Housing units	304	2,026
Homeownership rate	88.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braceville	Coal City
Population	759 → 890 (+17.3%)	5,294 → 5,145 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$64,563 → $70,278 (+8.9%)	$74,755 → $73,030 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $176,400 (+29.7%)	$197,100 → $211,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,250 (+2.0%)	$1,006 → $1,064 (+5.8%)

Braceville

Population

759890

Median household income

$64,563$70,278

Median home value

$136,000$176,400

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,250

Coal City

Population

5,2945,145

Median household income

$74,755$73,030

Median home value

$197,100$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braceville	Coal City
Under 5	13.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	4.9%	15.0%
75 and over	6.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braceville	Coal City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braceville	Coal City
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braceville	Coal City
Drove alone	90.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braceville	Coal City
1-unit, detached	98.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Braceville	Coal City
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.7%
Average household size	3.09	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1971	1984