Cary vs Huntley

A side-by-side comparison of Cary and Huntley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntley has the higher population (27,859 vs 17,875 in Cary). Cary has the higher median household income ($109,790 vs $86,349 in Huntley). Huntley has the higher median home value ($318,500 vs $287,000 in Cary).

Population, income & housing

	Cary	Huntley
Population	17,875	27,859
Median age	38.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,790	$86,349
Median home value	$287,000	$318,500
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,385
Housing units	6,506	12,479
Homeownership rate	85.7%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cary	Huntley
Population	17,936 → 17,875 (-0.3%)	26,966 → 27,859 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$100,339 → $109,790 (+9.4%)	$75,100 → $86,349 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $287,000 (+23.4%)	$251,400 → $318,500 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,456 (+21.7%)	$1,231 → $1,385 (+12.5%)

Cary

Population

17,93617,875

Median household income

$100,339$109,790

Median home value

$232,500$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,456

Huntley

Population

26,96627,859

Median household income

$75,100$86,349

Median home value

$251,400$318,500

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cary	Huntley
Under 5	6.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.0%
75 and over	4.0%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cary	Huntley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cary	Huntley
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cary	Huntley
Drove alone	75.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.1%
Public transit	1.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cary	Huntley
1-unit, detached	77.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cary	Huntley
Poverty rate	4.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1985	2004