Carman vs Gladstone

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

Carman and Gladstone 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 176 in Gladstone). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $42,500 in Gladstone). Carman has the higher median home value ($77,400 vs $56,800 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Gladstone
Population	343	176
Median age	39.7 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$42,500
Median home value	$77,400	$56,800
Median gross rent	—	$493
Housing units	77	111
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Gladstone
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	194 → 176 (-9.3%)
Median household income	—	$32,813 → $42,500 (+29.5%)
Median home value	—	$45,000 → $56,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$415 → $493 (+18.8%)

Carman

Population

187343

Gladstone

Population

194176

Median household income

$32,813$42,500

Median home value

$45,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$415$493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carman	Gladstone
Under 5	8.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	7.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	3.4%
55 to 64	42.3%	19.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	37.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carman	Gladstone
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	60.6%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Gladstone
Drove alone	77.4%	95.2%
Carpooled	22.6%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carman	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	72.7%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Gladstone
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.2%
Average household size	4.45	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969