Glen Carbon vs Troy

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

Glen Carbon and Troy 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 10,889 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($97,825 vs $92,434 in Glen Carbon). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $240,800 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Carbon	Troy
Population	13,521	10,889
Median age	39.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$97,825
Median home value	$278,200	$240,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,060
Housing units	5,734	4,591
Homeownership rate	64.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Carbon	Troy
Population	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)	10,336 → 10,889 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)	$71,381 → $97,825 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)	$178,800 → $240,800 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)	$818 → $1,060 (+29.6%)

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

Troy

Population

10,33610,889

Median household income

$71,381$97,825

Median home value

$178,800$240,800

Median gross rent

$818$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Carbon	Troy
Under 5	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Carbon	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Carbon	Troy
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Carbon	Troy
Drove alone	74.6%	84.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Carbon	Troy
1-unit, detached	66.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Glen Carbon	Troy
Poverty rate	5.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1989	1992