Carlinville vs Virden

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

Carlinville and Virden 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 3,165 in Virden). Virden has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $52,738 in Carlinville). Carlinville has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $98,800 in Virden).

Population, income & housing

	Carlinville	Virden
Population	5,574	3,165
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,738	$78,750
Median home value	$108,000	$98,800
Median gross rent	$736	$785
Housing units	2,432	1,387
Homeownership rate	63.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlinville	Virden
Population	5,540 → 5,574 (+0.6%)	3,514 → 3,165 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $52,738 (+20.7%)	$50,938 → $78,750 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $108,000 (+17.9%)	$93,000 → $98,800 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $736 (-7.5%)	$654 → $785 (+20.0%)

Carlinville

Population

5,5405,574

Median household income

$43,693$52,738

Median home value

$91,600$108,000

Median gross rent

$796$736

Virden

Population

3,5143,165

Median household income

$50,938$78,750

Median home value

$93,000$98,800

Median gross rent

$654$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlinville	Virden
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.9%
75 and over	11.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlinville	Virden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	99.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlinville	Virden
No high school diploma	18.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlinville	Virden
Drove alone	83.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlinville	Virden
1-unit, detached	70.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlinville	Virden
Poverty rate	25.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1969	1946