Carterville vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (16,796 vs 5,822 in Carterville). Carterville has the higher median household income ($65,238 vs $57,281 in Marion). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $145,300 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Marion
Population	5,822	16,796
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,238	$57,281
Median home value	$183,500	$145,300
Median gross rent	$856	$878
Housing units	2,894	8,804
Homeownership rate	65.0%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Marion
Population	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)	17,595 → 16,796 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)	$43,502 → $57,281 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)	$115,500 → $145,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)	$740 → $878 (+18.6%)

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

Marion

Population

17,59516,796

Median household income

$43,502$57,281

Median home value

$115,500$145,300

Median gross rent

$740$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Marion
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.5%
75 and over	7.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Marion
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Marion
Drove alone	84.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Marion
1-unit, detached	74.2%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Marion
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1984	1979