Carrier Mills vs Harrisburg

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (8,608 vs 1,702 in Carrier Mills). Carrier Mills has the higher median household income ($50,269 vs $48,488 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $57,300 in Carrier Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
Population	1,702	8,608
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	$48,488
Median home value	$57,300	$84,800
Median gross rent	$525	$717
Housing units	913	4,176
Homeownership rate	77.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	8,994 → 8,608 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	$35,204 → $48,488 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	$69,800 → $84,800 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$570 → $717 (+25.8%)

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

Harrisburg

Population

8,9948,608

Median household income

$35,204$48,488

Median home value

$69,800$84,800

Median gross rent

$570$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
Under 5	8.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.1%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	17.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	9.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
Drove alone	97.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	80.9%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	25.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1955	1965