Bethalto vs Glen Carbon

A side-by-side comparison of Bethalto and Glen Carbon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Carbon has the higher population (13,521 vs 9,244 in Bethalto). Glen Carbon has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $66,469 in Bethalto). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $158,600 in Bethalto).

Population, income & housing

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
Population	9,244	13,521
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,469	$92,434
Median home value	$158,600	$278,200
Median gross rent	$879	$1,088
Housing units	4,584	5,734
Homeownership rate	79.2%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
Population	9,284 → 9,244 (-0.4%)	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$63,200 → $66,469 (+5.2%)	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $158,600 (+19.0%)	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $879 (+9.5%)	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)

Bethalto

Population

9,2849,244

Median household income

$63,200$66,469

Median home value

$133,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$803$879

Glen Carbon

Population

12,56913,521

Median household income

$89,236$92,434

Median home value

$226,500$278,200

Median gross rent

$990$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.5%
75 and over	11.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
Drove alone	81.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
1-unit, detached	78.6%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethalto	Glen Carbon
Poverty rate	11.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1976	1989