Carrier Mills vs Galatia

A side-by-side comparison of Carrier Mills and Galatia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrier Mills has the higher population (1,702 vs 970 in Galatia). Carrier Mills has the higher median household income ($50,269 vs $49,938 in Galatia). Galatia has the higher median home value ($78,600 vs $57,300 in Carrier Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
Population	1,702	970
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	$49,938
Median home value	$57,300	$78,600
Median gross rent	$525	$725
Housing units	913	407
Homeownership rate	77.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	883 → 970 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	$32,885 → $49,938 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	$63,600 → $78,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$528 → $725 (+37.3%)

Carrier Mills

Population

1,8271,702

Median household income

$38,194$50,269

Median home value

$59,800$57,300

Median gross rent

$639$525

Galatia

Population

883970

Median household income

$32,885$49,938

Median home value

$63,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$528$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
Under 5	8.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	24.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	4.8%
55 to 64	21.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.6%
75 and over	6.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	17.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
No high school diploma	9.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
Drove alone	97.0%	89.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
1-unit, detached	80.9%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Galatia
Poverty rate	25.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	41
Median year structure built	1955	1971