Collinsville vs Glen Carbon

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

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

Collinsville has the higher population (24,126 vs 13,521 in Glen Carbon). Glen Carbon has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $65,170 in Collinsville). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $157,700 in Collinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
Population	24,126	13,521
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,170	$92,434
Median home value	$157,700	$278,200
Median gross rent	$979	$1,088
Housing units	11,779	5,734
Homeownership rate	64.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
Population	24,626 → 24,126 (-2.0%)	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$53,490 → $65,170 (+21.8%)	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $157,700 (+23.9%)	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $979 (+8.5%)	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)

Collinsville

Population

24,62624,126

Median household income

$53,490$65,170

Median home value

$127,300$157,700

Median gross rent

$902$979

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)

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
Under 5	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.5%
75 and over	6.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	82.2%
Black or African American	16.3%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
Drove alone	77.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	19.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
1-unit, detached	67.3%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Glen Carbon
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1970	1989