Cambria vs Carterville

A side-by-side comparison of Cambria and Carterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carterville has the higher population (5,822 vs 1,271 in Cambria). Carterville has the higher median household income ($65,238 vs $51,042 in Cambria). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $140,100 in Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Carterville
Population	1,271	5,822
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$65,238
Median home value	$140,100	$183,500
Median gross rent	$973	$856
Housing units	752	2,894
Homeownership rate	40.4%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Carterville
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Carterville
Under 5	4.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	23.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	4.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Carterville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Carterville
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Carterville
Drove alone	91.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Carterville
1-unit, detached	45.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Carterville
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.3%
Average household size	1.91	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	1984