Carpentersville vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Carpentersville and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (114,106 vs 37,544 in Carpentersville). Elgin has the higher median household income ($88,316 vs $86,327 in Carpentersville). Elgin has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $225,200 in Carpentersville).

Population, income & housing

	Carpentersville	Elgin
Population	37,544	114,106
Median age	33.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,327	$88,316
Median home value	$225,200	$252,400
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,260
Housing units	12,023	40,111
Homeownership rate	73.0%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpentersville	Elgin
Population	37,872 → 37,544 (-0.9%)	112,653 → 114,106 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$68,997 → $86,327 (+25.1%)	$69,041 → $88,316 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $225,200 (+31.2%)	$186,000 → $252,400 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,420 (+22.3%)	$1,069 → $1,260 (+17.9%)

Carpentersville

Population

37,87237,544

Median household income

$68,997$86,327

Median home value

$171,600$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,420

Elgin

Population

112,653114,106

Median household income

$69,041$88,316

Median home value

$186,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpentersville	Elgin
Under 5	6.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.2%
75 and over	2.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpentersville	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	36.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	56.0%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpentersville	Elgin
No high school diploma	23.7%	18.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpentersville	Elgin
Drove alone	73.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	11.6%
Other means	2.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpentersville	Elgin
1-unit, detached	67.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Carpentersville	Elgin
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1977	1976