Carbon Hill vs East Brooklyn

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

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

Carbon Hill has the higher population (485 vs 58 in East Brooklyn). Carbon Hill has the higher median household income ($100,368 vs $88,750 in East Brooklyn). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $203,100 in East Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
Population	485	58
Median age	33.1 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,368	$88,750
Median home value	$217,100	$203,100
Median gross rent	$1,229	—
Housing units	177	49
Homeownership rate	82.2%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
Population	322 → 485 (+50.6%)	76 → 58 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $100,368 (+57.4%)	$95,000 → $88,750 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $217,100 (+39.2%)	$153,100 → $203,100 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,229 (+3.5%)	—

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

East Brooklyn

Population

7658

Median household income

$95,000$88,750

Median home value

$153,100$203,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	1.7%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	1.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	24.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	25.9%
75 and over	4.5%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
Drove alone	79.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	17.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	91.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	East Brooklyn
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.98	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	45
Median year structure built	1978	1962