Glen Carbon vs Godfrey

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

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

Godfrey has the higher population (17,743 vs 13,521 in Glen Carbon). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $92,434 in Glen Carbon). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $181,400 in Godfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
Population	13,521	17,743
Median age	39.2 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$92,746
Median home value	$278,200	$181,400
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,111
Housing units	5,734	8,115
Homeownership rate	64.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
Population	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)

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

Godfrey

Population

17,57917,743

Median household income

$73,238$92,746

Median home value

$148,300$181,400

Median gross rent

$951$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.7%
75 and over	9.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	88.0%
Black or African American	9.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
Drove alone	74.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	12.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
1-unit, detached	66.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Glen Carbon	Godfrey
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1989	1975