Edwardsville vs Glen Carbon

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

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

Edwardsville has the higher population (26,543 vs 13,521 in Glen Carbon). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($92,671 vs $92,434 in Glen Carbon). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $278,200 in Glen Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
Population	26,543	13,521
Median age	32.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,671	$92,434
Median home value	$286,700	$278,200
Median gross rent	$1,231	$1,088
Housing units	10,353	5,734
Homeownership rate	68.9%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
Population	25,171 → 26,543 (+5.5%)	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$77,411 → $92,671 (+19.7%)	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$228,300 → $286,700 (+25.6%)	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,231 (+26.8%)	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)

Edwardsville

Population

25,17126,543

Median household income

$77,411$92,671

Median home value

$228,300$286,700

Median gross rent

$971$1,231

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)

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	22.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.5%
75 and over	5.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	82.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
Drove alone	79.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	19.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
1-unit, detached	72.9%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Glen Carbon
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1984	1989