Glen Carbon vs Wood River

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

Glen Carbon and Wood River 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 10,315 in Wood River). Glen Carbon has the higher median household income ($92,434 vs $65,960 in Wood River). Glen Carbon has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $103,200 in Wood River).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
Population	13,521	10,315
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,434	$65,960
Median home value	$278,200	$103,200
Median gross rent	$1,088	$915
Housing units	5,734	4,975
Homeownership rate	64.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
Population	12,569 → 13,521 (+7.6%)	10,169 → 10,315 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$89,236 → $92,434 (+3.6%)	$46,860 → $65,960 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $278,200 (+22.8%)	$81,600 → $103,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,088 (+9.9%)	$779 → $915 (+17.5%)

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

Wood River

Population

10,16910,315

Median household income

$46,860$65,960

Median home value

$81,600$103,200

Median gross rent

$779$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.9%
75 and over	9.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	86.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	16.5%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
Drove alone	74.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	19.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
1-unit, detached	66.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glen Carbon	Wood River
Poverty rate	5.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1989	1954