Carrier Mills vs Muddy

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

Carrier Mills and Muddy 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 42 in Muddy). Since 2019, Muddy's population has grown faster (-4.5% vs -6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
Population	1,702	42
Median age	40.5 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	—
Median home value	$57,300	—
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	913	21
Homeownership rate	77.7%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	44 → 42 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	—
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$525 → $638 (+21.5%)

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

Muddy

Population

4442

Median gross rent

$525$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
Under 5	8.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	21.0%	31.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.3%
75 and over	6.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	17.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
Drove alone	97.0%	50.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	35.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
1-unit, detached	80.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Muddy
Poverty rate	25.7%	38.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1955	1955