Carbondale vs Elkville

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

Carbondale and Elkville 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 781 in Elkville). Elkville has the higher median household income ($46,600 vs $29,670 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $74,000 in Elkville).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Elkville
Population	21,813	781
Median age	24.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,670	$46,600
Median home value	$124,800	$74,000
Median gross rent	$750	$729
Housing units	12,275	410
Homeownership rate	26.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Elkville
Population	25,597 → 21,813 (-14.8%)	829 → 781 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$22,152 → $29,670 (+33.9%)	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $124,800 (+6.2%)	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $750 (+5.0%)	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)

Carbondale

Population

25,59721,813

Median household income

$22,152$29,670

Median home value

$117,500$124,800

Median gross rent

$714$750

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Elkville
Under 5	3.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	37.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	15.6%
75 and over	4.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Elkville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	27.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	6.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Elkville
No high school diploma	5.5%	20.3%
High school graduate	15.3%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Elkville
Drove alone	64.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.2%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Elkville
1-unit, detached	32.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	16.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Elkville
Poverty rate	36.9%	22.5%
Average household size	1.88	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1976	1966