Carmi vs Mill Shoals

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

Carmi and Mill Shoals 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 138 in Mill Shoals). Mill Shoals has the higher median household income ($58,542 vs $47,051 in Carmi). Carmi has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $60,000 in Mill Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
Population	4,879	138
Median age	44.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,051	$58,542
Median home value	$98,700	$60,000
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	2,422	76
Homeownership rate	67.8%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
Population	4,808 → 4,879 (+1.5%)	218 → 138 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$42,990 → $47,051 (+9.4%)	$49,688 → $58,542 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $98,700 (+48.9%)	$52,200 → $60,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)	—

Carmi

Population

4,8084,879

Median household income

$42,990$47,051

Median home value

$66,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$613$863

Mill Shoals

Population

218138

Median household income

$49,688$58,542

Median home value

$52,200$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
Under 5	6.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	19.6%
75 and over	12.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	99.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
No high school diploma	15.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
Drove alone	81.7%	94.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
1-unit, detached	87.2%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	Carmi	Mill Shoals
Poverty rate	20.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1953	1975