Carman vs Stronghurst

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

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

Stronghurst has the higher population (1,106 vs 343 in Carman). Carman has the higher median household income ($153,419 vs $80,556 in Stronghurst). Stronghurst has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $77,400 in Carman).

Population, income & housing

	Carman	Stronghurst
Population	343	1,106
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,419	$80,556
Median home value	$77,400	$104,400
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	77	458
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carman	Stronghurst
Population	187 → 343 (+83.4%)	950 → 1,106 (+16.4%)
Median household income	—	$46,635 → $80,556 (+72.7%)
Median home value	—	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $929 (+72.0%)

Carman

Population

187343

Stronghurst

Population

9501,106

Median household income

$46,635$80,556

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Median gross rent

$540$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carman	Stronghurst
Under 5	8.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	42.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carman	Stronghurst
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carman	Stronghurst
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	60.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carman	Stronghurst
Drove alone	77.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	22.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carman	Stronghurst
1-unit, detached	72.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carman	Stronghurst
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	4.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1978	1959