Carbon Hill vs South Wilmington

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

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

South Wilmington has the higher population (558 vs 485 in Carbon Hill). Carbon Hill has the higher median household income ($100,368 vs $86,563 in South Wilmington). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $164,900 in South Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
Population	485	558
Median age	33.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,368	$86,563
Median home value	$217,100	$164,900
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,188
Housing units	177	259
Homeownership rate	82.2%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
Population	322 → 485 (+50.6%)	761 → 558 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $100,368 (+57.4%)	$75,417 → $86,563 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $217,100 (+39.2%)	$127,800 → $164,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,229 (+3.5%)	$925 → $1,188 (+28.4%)

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

South Wilmington

Population

761558

Median household income

$75,417$86,563

Median home value

$127,800$164,900

Median gross rent

$925$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
Under 5	9.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.8%
75 and over	4.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
Drove alone	79.8%	94.0%
Carpooled	17.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
1-unit, detached	91.0%	99.6%
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%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	South Wilmington
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1978	1963