Carbondale vs De Soto

A side-by-side comparison of Carbondale and De Soto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carbondale has the higher population (21,813 vs 1,701 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($52,131 vs $29,670 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $88,800 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	De Soto
Population	21,813	1,701
Median age	24.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,670	$52,131
Median home value	$124,800	$88,800
Median gross rent	$750	$749
Housing units	12,275	812
Homeownership rate	26.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	De Soto
Population	25,597 → 21,813 (-14.8%)	1,697 → 1,701 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$22,152 → $29,670 (+33.9%)	$43,333 → $52,131 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $124,800 (+6.2%)	$81,100 → $88,800 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $750 (+5.0%)	$631 → $749 (+18.7%)

Carbondale

Population

25,59721,813

Median household income

$22,152$29,670

Median home value

$117,500$124,800

Median gross rent

$714$750

De Soto

Population

1,6971,701

Median household income

$43,333$52,131

Median home value

$81,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$631$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	De Soto
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	37.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	17.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	6.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.1%
75 and over	4.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	De Soto
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	27.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	De Soto
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	15.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	De Soto
Drove alone	64.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.8%
Other means	2.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	De Soto
1-unit, detached	32.2%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	16.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	De Soto
Poverty rate	36.9%	16.6%
Average household size	1.88	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1976	1978