Carterville, IL

Census Place

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2024 Population
5,818
US Senator
Dick Durbin
Democratic Party
US Senator
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
37
7.27% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
10.9%
11.1% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$62,337
4.45% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$197,100
7.41% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
2,762
3.7% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Carterville, IL reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.4% of the residents in Carterville, IL are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Carterville, IL are John A Logan College (806 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Carterville, IL was $197,100, and the homeownership rate was 59.7%.

Most people in Carterville, IL drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Carterville, IL was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Carterville, IL is home to a population of 5.82k people, from which 99.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 1.51% of Carterville, IL residents were born outside of the country (88 people).

In 2024, there were 23.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.22k people) in Carterville, IL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 221 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 218 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.4%
2024 Citizenship
99.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.4% of Carterville, IL residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Carterville, IL was 99.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Carterville, IL
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    5.22k ± 236
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    221 ± 117
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    218 ± 151
1.8%
Hispanic Population
105 people

In 2024, there were 23.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.22k people) in Carterville, IL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 221 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 218 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.8% of the people in Carterville, IL are hispanic (105 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Carterville, IL as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    633,244 ± 19,044 people
  2. India
    161,770 ± 9,812 people
  3. Poland
    119,556 ± 8,449 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Illinois was Mexico, the natal country of 633,244 Illinois residents, followed by India with 161,770 and Poland with 119,556.

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Foreign-Born Population

1.51%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
88 people
1.94%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
113 people

As of 2024, 1.51% of Carterville, IL residents (88 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Carterville, IL was 1.94%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    173 ± 117
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    164 ± 127
  3. Vietnam
    54 ± 49

Carterville, IL has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.05 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Carterville, IL employs 2.76k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Carterville, IL were Health Care & Social Assistance (867 people), Educational Services (408 people), and Retail Trade (313 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($88,661), Public Administration ($72,708), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,219).

Employment

Occupations

2.76k
2024 Value
± 411
−3.7%
1 Year decline
± 21.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Carterville, IL declined at a rate of −3.7%, from 2.87k employees to 2.76k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Carterville, IL, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (405 people), Management Occupations (378 people), and Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (237 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Carterville, IL.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.76k
2024 Value
± 411
−3.7%
1 Year decline
± 21.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Carterville, IL declined at a rate of −3.7%, from 2.87k employees to 2.76k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Carterville, IL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (867 people), Educational Services (408 people), and Retail Trade (313 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Carterville, IL, though some of these residents may live in Carterville, IL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$45,615
Median earning men ± $5,642
$41,875
Median earning women ± $6,282

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($127,250), Public Administration ($103,889), and Manufacturing ($46,319).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($72,011), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($46,765), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($43,134).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.47%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 6.03M people employed in Illinois. This represents a 2.47% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Illinois.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Illinois went to Kamala Harris with 54.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (43.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.43%).

Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are the senators currently representing the state of Illinois. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Illinois is currently represented by 17 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Carterville, IL. Showing the available data for Illinois.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (54.4%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (43.5%)
    Republican Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.43%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Illinois went to Kamala Harris with 54.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (43.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.43%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Illinois for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Illinois

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Dick Durbin
Senator from Illinois2
Assumed office on January 3, 1997
Tammy Duckworth
Senator from Illinois3
Assumed office on January 3, 2017

Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are the senators currently representing Illinois.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Illinois over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Carterville, IL awarded 806 degrees. The student population of Carterville, IL in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 1,227 male students and 1,893 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Carterville, IL are White (643 and 79.9%), Black or African American (67 and 8.32%), Unknown (56 and 6.96%), and Hispanic or Latino (16 and 1.99%).

The largest universities in Carterville, IL by number of degrees awarded are John A Logan College (806 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Carterville, IL are Liberal Arts & Sciences (207 and 25.7%), Nursing Assistant & Patient Care Assistant (81 and 10%), and Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (80 and 9.93%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 3,120 students enrolled in Carterville, IL, 39.3% men and 60.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,222 records, of which 60.9% were women and 39.1% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Liberal Arts & Sciences
    207 degrees awarded
  2. Registered Nursing
    65 degrees awarded
  3. Biological & Physical Sciences
    55 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Carterville, IL was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 207 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Carterville, IL according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
John A Logan College
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
806 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was John A Logan College with 806 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 313 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Carterville, IL, which is 0.635 times less than the 493 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 643 degrees mean that there were 9.6 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 67 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($5,640) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($350) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($1,526) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Carterville, IL was $197,100 in 2024, which is 0.592 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $183,500 to $197,100, a 7.41% increase. The homeownership rate in Carterville, IL is 59.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Carterville, IL have an average commute time of 20.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Carterville, IL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$197,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$36,361
$1,465
Median Property Taxes
±$278

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Carterville, IL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Carterville, IL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

59.7%
Homeownership
2024
58.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 59.7% of the housing units in Carterville, IL were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 65%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$62,337
Median Household Income
± $10,559
2.45k
Number of Households
± 411

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.45k households in Carterville, IL declined from $62,337 from the previous year's value of $65,238.

The following chart displays the households in Carterville, IL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Carterville, IL is from Illinois.
0.474
2023 Wage GINI in Illinois
0.477
2022 Wage GINI in Illinois

In 2023, the income inequality in Illinois was 0.474 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.554% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Illinois was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Illinois in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (82.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.13%)
  3. Carpooled (7.19%)

In 2024, 82.4% of workers in Carterville, IL drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.13%) and those who carpooled to work (7.19%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

20.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Carterville, IL have a shorter commute time (20.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.57% of the workforce in Carterville, IL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Carterville, IL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Carterville, IL have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Carterville, IL (635 out of 5.81k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 75+ and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Carterville, IL is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

99.2% of the population of Carterville, IL has health coverage, with 46.1% on employee plans, 26.5% on Medicaid, 14.1% on Medicare, 10.2% on non-group plans, and 2.1% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Illinois see 1,264 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,264 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1189 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 297 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.4% were men and 52.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.2% under 18 years, 20.5% between 18 and 34 years, 35.3% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.4% were men and 52.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

0.842%
Uninsured
46.1%
Employer Coverage
26.5%
Medicaid
14.1%
Medicare
10.2%
Non-Group
2.1%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Carterville, IL declined by 47.3% from 1.6% to 0.842%.

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