Carmi vs Grayville

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

Carmi and Grayville 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 1,515 in Grayville). Grayville has the higher median household income ($47,308 vs $47,051 in Carmi). Carmi has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $76,000 in Grayville).

Population, income & housing

	Carmi	Grayville
Population	4,879	1,515
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,051	$47,308
Median home value	$98,700	$76,000
Median gross rent	$863	$700
Housing units	2,422	761
Homeownership rate	67.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmi	Grayville
Population	4,808 → 4,879 (+1.5%)	1,609 → 1,515 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$42,990 → $47,051 (+9.4%)	$44,911 → $47,308 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $98,700 (+48.9%)	$64,800 → $76,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)	$461 → $700 (+51.8%)

Carmi

Population

4,8084,879

Median household income

$42,990$47,051

Median home value

$66,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$613$863

Grayville

Population

1,6091,515

Median household income

$44,911$47,308

Median home value

$64,800$76,000

Median gross rent

$461$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmi	Grayville
Under 5	6.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.7%
75 and over	12.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmi	Grayville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmi	Grayville
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmi	Grayville
Drove alone	81.7%	63.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	12.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmi	Grayville
1-unit, detached	87.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Carmi	Grayville
Poverty rate	20.0%	32.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1953	1958