Carrier Mills vs Raleigh

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

Carrier Mills and Raleigh 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 238 in Raleigh). Raleigh has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $50,269 in Carrier Mills). Raleigh has the higher median home value ($70,600 vs $57,300 in Carrier Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
Population	1,702	238
Median age	40.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	$52,083
Median home value	$57,300	$70,600
Median gross rent	$525	$675
Housing units	913	159
Homeownership rate	77.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	302 → 238 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	$40,625 → $52,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	$66,300 → $70,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$575 → $675 (+17.4%)

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

Raleigh

Population

302238

Median household income

$40,625$52,083

Median home value

$66,300$70,600

Median gross rent

$575$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
Under 5	8.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.0%
75 and over	6.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
Drove alone	97.0%	97.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	80.9%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Raleigh
Poverty rate	25.7%	13.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1955	1962