Carlinville vs Staunton

A side-by-side comparison of Carlinville and Staunton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlinville has the higher population (5,574 vs 4,307 in Staunton). Staunton has the higher median household income ($65,435 vs $52,738 in Carlinville). Staunton has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $108,000 in Carlinville).

Population, income & housing

	Carlinville	Staunton
Population	5,574	4,307
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,738	$65,435
Median home value	$108,000	$139,500
Median gross rent	$736	$805
Housing units	2,432	2,334
Homeownership rate	63.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlinville	Staunton
Population	5,540 → 5,574 (+0.6%)	5,066 → 4,307 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $52,738 (+20.7%)	$46,025 → $65,435 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $108,000 (+17.9%)	$99,700 → $139,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $736 (-7.5%)	$692 → $805 (+16.3%)

Carlinville

Population

5,5405,574

Median household income

$43,693$52,738

Median home value

$91,600$108,000

Median gross rent

$796$736

Staunton

Population

5,0664,307

Median household income

$46,025$65,435

Median home value

$99,700$139,500

Median gross rent

$692$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlinville	Staunton
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.9%
75 and over	11.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlinville	Staunton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlinville	Staunton
No high school diploma	18.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlinville	Staunton
Drove alone	83.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlinville	Staunton
1-unit, detached	70.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Carlinville	Staunton
Poverty rate	25.2%	16.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1969	1950