Carbon Cliff vs East Moline

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon Cliff and East Moline: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbon Cliff and East Moline are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Moline has the higher population (20,837 vs 2,248 in Carbon Cliff). East Moline has the higher median household income ($63,328 vs $55,000 in Carbon Cliff). East Moline has the higher median home value ($135,300 vs $124,600 in Carbon Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
Population	2,248	20,837
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$63,328
Median home value	$124,600	$135,300
Median gross rent	$972	$826
Housing units	889	8,935
Homeownership rate	51.1%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
Population	1,859 → 2,248 (+20.9%)	20,916 → 20,837 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$40,927 → $55,000 (+34.4%)	$53,660 → $63,328 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $124,600 (+19.9%)	$110,800 → $135,300 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $972 (+16.1%)	$658 → $826 (+25.5%)

Carbon Cliff

Population

1,8592,248

Median household income

$40,927$55,000

Median home value

$103,900$124,600

Median gross rent

$837$972

East Moline

Population

20,91620,837

Median household income

$53,660$63,328

Median home value

$110,800$135,300

Median gross rent

$658$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
Under 5	4.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.1%
75 and over	11.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	52.2%
Black or African American	11.9%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
No high school diploma	20.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
Drove alone	68.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	14.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	12.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
1-unit, detached	60.3%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	10.1%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Cliff	East Moline
Poverty rate	17.3%	18.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1974	1967