Glen Carbon vs Highland

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

Glen Carbon and Highland 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 10,268 in Highland). Glen Carbon has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $77,886 in Highland). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $185,800 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Carbon	Highland
Population	13,521	10,268
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$77,886
Median home value	$278,200	$185,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$776
Housing units	5,734	5,025
Homeownership rate	64.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Carbon	Highland
Population	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)	10,012 → 10,268 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)	$59,922 → $77,886 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)	$152,100 → $185,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)	$725 → $776 (+7.0%)

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

Highland

Population

10,01210,268

Median household income

$59,922$77,886

Median home value

$152,100$185,800

Median gross rent

$725$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Carbon	Highland
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.4%
75 and over	9.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Carbon	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Carbon	Highland
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Carbon	Highland
Drove alone	74.6%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Carbon	Highland
1-unit, detached	66.5%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Glen Carbon	Highland
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1989	1976