Carl Junction vs Carterville

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

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

Carl Junction has the higher population (8,257 vs 1,978 in Carterville). Carl Junction has the higher median household income ($77,855 vs $55,099 in Carterville). Carl Junction has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $95,400 in Carterville).

Population, income & housing

	Carl Junction	Carterville
Population	8,257	1,978
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,855	$55,099
Median home value	$206,400	$95,400
Median gross rent	$1,222	$823
Housing units	3,069	779
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carl Junction	Carterville
Population	8,072 → 8,257 (+2.3%)	2,253 → 1,978 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $77,855 (+17.7%)	$40,238 → $55,099 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$144,700 → $206,400 (+42.6%)	$77,700 → $95,400 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,222 (+26.5%)	$811 → $823 (+1.5%)

Carl Junction

Population

8,0728,257

Median household income

$66,144$77,855

Median home value

$144,700$206,400

Median gross rent

$966$1,222

Carterville

Population

2,2531,978

Median household income

$40,238$55,099

Median home value

$77,700$95,400

Median gross rent

$811$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carl Junction	Carterville
Under 5	6.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	25.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carl Junction	Carterville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carl Junction	Carterville
No high school diploma	3.9%	14.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carl Junction	Carterville
Drove alone	83.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.8%
Other means	1.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carl Junction	Carterville
1-unit, detached	88.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Carl Junction	Carterville
Poverty rate	9.9%	20.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1997	1972