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Carbondale township, Jackson County, IL

24,575 Population
37.4 square miles 656.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 32.9 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,769 ±$2,105 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $30,227 ±$1,599
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$32,164 ±$3,643 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $45,572 ±$3,777
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

33.2% ±3.8% (7,099  ±820) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 21.8% 10,753 (±2.1% / ±1,021)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

15.2 minutes ±0.7 (140,540  ±12,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 402,620 (±1 / ±24,891)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

11,303 ±370 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 23,088 ±418
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
1.9 ±0.1 (21,291  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.1 49,093 (±0 / ±42)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.8% ±1.6% (290  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 5.9% † 806 (±1.9% / ±256)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

14,029 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,750 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$132,700 ±$8,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $125,000 ±$7,819
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

34.6% ±3.3% (8,406  ±802.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 21.4% 11,130 (±1.8% / ±937.1)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.5% ±5.1% (12,127  ±737.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 92.1% 29,283 (±3.3% / ±1,074.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
47.2% ±3.4% (6,060  ±471.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 35.1% 11,148 (±1.9% / ±590.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.8% ±1.2% (2,154  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 5.8% 3,028
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.6% ±1% (759  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 5.7% † 2,412 (±0.8% / ±323)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
759 Total veterans ±214 623 Male ±171 136 Female ±101

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