Carterville vs Johnston City

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

Carterville and Johnston City 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 3,351 in Johnston City). Carterville has the higher median household income ($65,238 vs $46,629 in Johnston City). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $84,500 in Johnston City).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Johnston City
Population	5,822	3,351
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,238	$46,629
Median home value	$183,500	$84,500
Median gross rent	$856	$830
Housing units	2,894	1,707
Homeownership rate	65.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Johnston City
Population	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Johnston City
Under 5	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.8%
75 and over	7.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Johnston City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Johnston City
No high school diploma	1.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	18.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Johnston City
Drove alone	84.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Johnston City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Johnston City
Poverty rate	12.3%	14.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1984	1953