Glen Carbon vs Granite City

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

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

Granite City has the higher population (26,670 vs 13,521 in Glen Carbon). Glen Carbon has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $60,490 in Granite City). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $99,800 in Granite City).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
Population	13,521	26,670
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$60,490
Median home value	$278,200	$99,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$761
Housing units	5,734	12,742
Homeownership rate	64.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
Population	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)	28,612 → 26,670 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)	$51,469 → $60,490 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)	$83,500 → $99,800 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)	$728 → $761 (+4.5%)

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

Granite City

Population

28,61226,670

Median household income

$51,469$60,490

Median home value

$83,500$99,800

Median gross rent

$728$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.3%
75 and over	9.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	75.9%
Black or African American	9.1%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	16.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
Drove alone	74.6%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
1-unit, detached	66.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Glen Carbon	Granite City
Poverty rate	5.5%	16.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1989	1958