Carman vs Raritan

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

Carman and Raritan 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 155 in Raritan). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $77,361 in Raritan). Raritan has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Raritan
Population	343	155
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$77,361
Median home value	$77,400	$80,600
Housing units	77	51
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Raritan
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	114 → 155 (+36.0%)
Median household income	—	$63,250 → $77,361 (+22.3%)
Median home value	—	$46,400 → $80,600 (+73.7%)

Carman

Population

187343

Raritan

Population

114155

Median household income

$63,250$77,361

Median home value

$46,400$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carman	Raritan
Under 5	8.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	7.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	1.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	42.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carman	Raritan
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	60.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Raritan
Drove alone	77.4%	93.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carman	Raritan
1-unit, detached	72.7%	94.1%
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%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Raritan
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	4.45	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1978	1948