Carterville vs Hurst

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

Carterville and Hurst 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 685 in Hurst). Carterville has the higher median household income ($65,238 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Hurst
Population	5,822	685
Median age	39.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,238	$34,113
Median home value	$183,500	$73,000
Median gross rent	$856	$376
Housing units	2,894	393
Homeownership rate	65.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Hurst
Population	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)	744 → 685 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Hurst
Under 5	6.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	3.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	20.0%
75 and over	7.1%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Hurst
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	4.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Hurst
No high school diploma	1.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Hurst
Drove alone	84.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Hurst
1-unit, detached	74.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Hurst
Poverty rate	12.3%	24.4%
Average household size	2.19	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1984	1968