Carbon Cliff vs Milan

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

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

Milan has the higher population (5,037 vs 2,248 in Carbon Cliff). Milan has the higher median household income ($61,188 vs $55,000 in Carbon Cliff). Carbon Cliff has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $120,300 in Milan).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
Population	2,248	5,037
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$61,188
Median home value	$124,600	$120,300
Median gross rent	$972	$817
Housing units	889	2,610
Homeownership rate	51.1%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
Population	1,859 → 2,248 (+20.9%)	5,056 → 5,037 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$40,927 → $55,000 (+34.4%)	$49,327 → $61,188 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $124,600 (+19.9%)	$108,300 → $120,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $972 (+16.1%)	$758 → $817 (+7.8%)

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

Milan

Population

5,0565,037

Median household income

$49,327$61,188

Median home value

$108,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$758$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
Under 5	4.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	24.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.1%
75 and over	11.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	84.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
No high school diploma	20.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
Drove alone	68.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	14.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	12.7%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
1-unit, detached	60.3%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Cliff	Milan
Poverty rate	17.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1968