Carmi vs Enfield

A side-by-side comparison of Carmi and Enfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carmi has the higher population (4,879 vs 497 in Enfield). Carmi has the higher median household income ($47,051 vs $39,063 in Enfield). Carmi has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $59,600 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Carmi	Enfield
Population	4,879	497
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,051	$39,063
Median home value	$98,700	$59,600
Median gross rent	$863	$450
Housing units	2,422	243
Homeownership rate	67.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmi	Enfield
Population	4,808 → 4,879 (+1.5%)	521 → 497 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$42,990 → $47,051 (+9.4%)	$32,222 → $39,063 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $98,700 (+48.9%)	$45,000 → $59,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)	$467 → $450 (-3.6%)

Carmi

Population

4,8084,879

Median household income

$42,990$47,051

Median home value

$66,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$613$863

Enfield

Population

521497

Median household income

$32,222$39,063

Median home value

$45,000$59,600

Median gross rent

$467$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmi	Enfield
Under 5	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	14.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.7%
75 and over	12.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmi	Enfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmi	Enfield
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmi	Enfield
Drove alone	81.7%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmi	Enfield
1-unit, detached	87.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Carmi	Enfield
Poverty rate	20.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1953	1951