With 5,480 people, Carlinville is a city in Illinois. The typical home is worth $105,700, having risen by half since 2000. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The foreign-born share is 2%. Households here earn about 31% less than in Illinois as a whole. 20.5% of locals live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,708, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 12%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Carlinville
What changed most since 1990
White share97.0% → 91.0%(−6.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$93,603 → $105,700(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share0.6% → 3.9%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Carlinville's population equals 12% of Macoupin County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 34% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 19% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.7%(80)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.7%(16)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.3%(156)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.8%(43)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 337 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Carlinville, decade by decade
Carlinville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,416
$52,182
$93,603
14.6%
7.2
2000
5,685
$62,408
$120,229
16.5%
8.4
2010
5,917
$60,534
$134,075
20.6%
10.5
2020
5,710
$56,668
$116,962
26.7%
23.6
2024
5,480
$57,708
$105,700
23.4%
21.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
