Carbon Cliff vs Port Byron

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

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

Carbon Cliff has the higher population (2,248 vs 1,959 in Port Byron). Port Byron has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $55,000 in Carbon Cliff). Port Byron has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $124,600 in Carbon Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
Population	2,248	1,959
Median age	34.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$101,250
Median home value	$124,600	$259,300
Median gross rent	$972	$513
Housing units	889	793
Homeownership rate	51.1%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
Population	1,859 → 2,248 (+20.9%)	2,101 → 1,959 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$40,927 → $55,000 (+34.4%)	$68,750 → $101,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $124,600 (+19.9%)	$201,700 → $259,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $972 (+16.1%)	$627 → $513 (-18.2%)

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

Port Byron

Population

2,1011,959

Median household income

$68,750$101,250

Median home value

$201,700$259,300

Median gross rent

$627$513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
Under 5	4.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.8%
75 and over	11.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	11.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
No high school diploma	20.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
Drove alone	68.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	14.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	60.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Cliff	Port Byron
Poverty rate	17.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1974	1975