Carrier Mills vs Stonefort

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

Carrier Mills and Stonefort 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 389 in Stonefort). Stonefort has the higher median household income ($53,365 vs $50,269 in Carrier Mills). Stonefort has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $57,300 in Carrier Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
Population	1,702	389
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	$53,365
Median home value	$57,300	$83,300
Median gross rent	$525	$723
Housing units	913	167
Homeownership rate	77.7%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	316 → 389 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	$29,688 → $53,365 (+79.8%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	$65,400 → $83,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$693 → $723 (+4.3%)

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

Stonefort

Population

316389

Median household income

$29,688$53,365

Median home value

$65,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$693$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
Under 5	8.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	23.1%
75 and over	6.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	91.8%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	41.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
Drove alone	97.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	27.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
1-unit, detached	80.9%	65.3%
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%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Stonefort
Poverty rate	25.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1955	1977