Biggsville vs Carman

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Carman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carman has the higher population (343 vs 298 in Biggsville). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $75,417 in Biggsville). Biggsville has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Carman
Population	298	343
Median age	52.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$153,419
Median home value	$83,600	$77,400
Median gross rent	$388	—
Housing units	154	77
Homeownership rate	90.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	26.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Carman
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	187 → 343 (+83.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	—
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	—

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Carman

Population

187343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Carman
Under 5	3.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	42.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	0.0%
75 and over	16.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Carman
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Carman
No high school diploma	6.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Carman
Drove alone	93.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	1.2%	22.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Carman
1-unit, detached	90.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Carman
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	4.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1947	1978