Carman vs Media

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

Carman and Media 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 99 in Media). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $65,833 in Media). Media has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Media
Population	343	99
Median age	39.7 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$65,833
Median home value	$77,400	$81,000
Housing units	77	48
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Media
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	107 → 99 (-7.5%)
Median household income	—	$72,250 → $65,833 (-8.9%)
Median home value	—	$85,600 → $81,000 (-5.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $825 (+17.9%)

Carman

Population

187343

Media

Population

10799

Median household income

$72,250$65,833

Median home value

$85,600$81,000

Median gross rent

$700$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carman	Media
Under 5	8.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	7.3%	8.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	21.2%
55 to 64	42.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Media
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	10.1%
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	Media
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.9%
High school graduate	60.6%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Media
Drove alone	77.4%	93.1%
Carpooled	22.6%	6.9%
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	Media
1-unit, detached	72.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Media
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.1%
Average household size	4.45	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1978	1938