Carbondale vs Harrison

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

Carbondale and Harrison 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 948 in Harrison). Harrison has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $29,670 in Carbondale). Harrison has the higher median home value ($128,600 vs $124,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Harrison
Population	21,813	948
Median age	24.9 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,670	$75,417
Median home value	$124,800	$128,600
Median gross rent	$750	$695
Housing units	12,275	444
Homeownership rate	26.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Harrison
Population	25,597 → 21,813 (-14.8%)	805 → 948 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$22,152 → $29,670 (+33.9%)	$32,396 → $75,417 (+132.8%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $124,800 (+6.2%)	$69,200 → $128,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $750 (+5.0%)	$655 → $695 (+6.1%)

Carbondale

Population

25,59721,813

Median household income

$22,152$29,670

Median home value

$117,500$124,800

Median gross rent

$714$750

Harrison

Population

805948

Median household income

$32,396$75,417

Median home value

$69,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$655$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Harrison
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	37.3%	13.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	27.8%
75 and over	4.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	56.9%
Black or African American	27.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	17.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Harrison
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	15.3%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Harrison
Drove alone	64.0%	93.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Harrison
1-unit, detached	32.2%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Harrison
Poverty rate	36.9%	10.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	34
Median year structure built	1976	1968