Carman vs Lomax

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

Carman and Lomax 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 321 in Lomax). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $51,875 in Lomax). Lomax has the higher median home value ($81,400 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Lomax
Population	343	321
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$51,875
Median home value	$77,400	$81,400
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	77	138
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Lomax
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	—	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)
Median home value	—	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)

Carman

Population

187343

Lomax

Population

396321

Median household income

$30,417$51,875

Median home value

$66,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carman	Lomax
Under 5	8.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	42.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Lomax
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carman	Lomax
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	60.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Lomax
Drove alone	77.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carman	Lomax
1-unit, detached	72.7%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Lomax
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.7%
Average household size	4.45	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1978	1962