Carbon Hill vs Gardner

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

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

Gardner has the higher population (1,319 vs 485 in Carbon Hill). Carbon Hill has the higher median household income ($100,368 vs $82,125 in Gardner). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $183,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
Population	485	1,319
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,368	$82,125
Median home value	$217,100	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,024
Housing units	177	524
Homeownership rate	82.2%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
Population	322 → 485 (+50.6%)	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $100,368 (+57.4%)	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $217,100 (+39.2%)	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,229 (+3.5%)	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)

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

Gardner

Population

1,3341,319

Median household income

$68,333$82,125

Median home value

$138,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
Under 5	9.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.9%
75 and over	4.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	50.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
Drove alone	79.8%	95.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
1-unit, detached	91.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Gardner
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1978	1967