Bellflower vs Carlock

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Carlock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlock has the higher population (560 vs 410 in Bellflower). Bellflower has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $78,125 in Carlock). Carlock has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $117,600 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Carlock
Population	410	560
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$78,125
Median home value	$117,600	$132,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,318
Housing units	156	251
Homeownership rate	91.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Carlock
Population	431 → 410 (-4.9%)	579 → 560 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $79,583 (+44.0%)	$63,000 → $78,125 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $117,600 (+36.0%)	$121,300 → $132,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $875 (+11.7%)	$788 → $1,318 (+67.3%)

Bellflower

Population

431410

Median household income

$55,250$79,583

Median home value

$86,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$783$875

Carlock

Population

579560

Median household income

$63,000$78,125

Median home value

$121,300$132,500

Median gross rent

$788$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Carlock
Under 5	4.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	21.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	19.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Carlock
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Carlock
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Carlock
Drove alone	81.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Carlock
1-unit, detached	85.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Carlock
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1955	1947