Carmi vs Norris City

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

Carmi and Norris City 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 1,613 in Norris City). Carmi has the higher median household income ($47,051 vs $37,778 in Norris City). Carmi has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $80,800 in Norris City).

Population, income & housing

	Carmi	Norris City
Population	4,879	1,613
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,051	$37,778
Median home value	$98,700	$80,800
Median gross rent	$863	$550
Housing units	2,422	644
Homeownership rate	67.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmi	Norris City
Population	4,808 → 4,879 (+1.5%)	1,127 → 1,613 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$42,990 → $47,051 (+9.4%)	$43,125 → $37,778 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $98,700 (+48.9%)	$56,100 → $80,800 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)	$519 → $550 (+6.0%)

Carmi

Population

4,8084,879

Median household income

$42,990$47,051

Median home value

$66,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$613$863

Norris City

Population

1,1271,613

Median household income

$43,125$37,778

Median home value

$56,100$80,800

Median gross rent

$519$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmi	Norris City
Under 5	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	29.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.1%
75 and over	12.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmi	Norris City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmi	Norris City
No high school diploma	15.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmi	Norris City
Drove alone	81.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.7%
Other means	3.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmi	Norris City
1-unit, detached	87.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Carmi	Norris City
Poverty rate	20.0%	23.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1953	1970