Carpentersville vs St. Charles

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

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

Carpentersville has the higher population (37,544 vs 32,733 in St. Charles). St. Charles has the higher median household income ($115,350 vs $86,327 in Carpentersville). St. Charles has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $225,200 in Carpentersville).

Population, income & housing

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
Population	37,544	32,733
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,327	$115,350
Median home value	$225,200	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,788
Housing units	12,023	13,780
Homeownership rate	73.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
Population	37,872 → 37,544 (-0.9%)	32,686 → 32,733 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$68,997 → $86,327 (+25.1%)	$98,393 → $115,350 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $225,200 (+31.2%)	$293,300 → $369,700 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,420 (+22.3%)	$1,288 → $1,788 (+38.8%)

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

St. Charles

Population

32,68632,733

Median household income

$98,393$115,350

Median home value

$293,300$369,700

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.9%
75 and over	2.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	75.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	56.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
No high school diploma	23.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
Drove alone	73.9%	72.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.1%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	67.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpentersville	St. Charles
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.9%
Average household size	3.21	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1977	1985