Carbon Cliff vs Rapids City

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

Carbon Cliff and Rapids City 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 1,012 in Rapids City). Rapids City has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $55,000 in Carbon Cliff). Rapids City has the higher median home value ($207,600 vs $124,600 in Carbon Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
Population	2,248	1,012
Median age	34.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$90,750
Median home value	$124,600	$207,600
Median gross rent	$972	—
Housing units	889	464
Homeownership rate	51.1%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
Population	1,859 → 2,248 (+20.9%)	1,065 → 1,012 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$40,927 → $55,000 (+34.4%)	$75,536 → $90,750 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $124,600 (+19.9%)	$180,100 → $207,600 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $972 (+16.1%)	$908 → $1,193 (+31.4%)

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

Rapids City

Population

1,0651,012

Median household income

$75,536$90,750

Median home value

$180,100$207,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
Under 5	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.1%
75 and over	11.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
No high school diploma	20.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
Drove alone	68.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
1-unit, detached	60.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Cliff	Rapids City
Poverty rate	17.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1974