Carterville vs Energy

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

Carterville and Energy 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 1,171 in Energy). Energy has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $65,238 in Carterville). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $138,500 in Energy).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Energy
Population	5,822	1,171
Median age	39.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,238	$70,417
Median home value	$183,500	$138,500
Median gross rent	$856	$835
Housing units	2,894	564
Homeownership rate	65.0%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Energy
Population	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)	1,016 → 1,171 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)	$50,031 → $70,417 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)	$115,700 → $138,500 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

Energy

Population

1,0161,171

Median household income

$50,031$70,417

Median home value

$115,700$138,500

Median gross rent

$669$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Energy
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.7%
75 and over	7.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Energy
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	81.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Energy
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Energy
Drove alone	84.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Energy
1-unit, detached	74.2%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Energy
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1984	1977