About Glen Carbon

Glen Carbon is a somewhat small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 12,083 people and just one neighborhood, Glen Carbon is the 187th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some towns , Glen Carbon isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Glen Carbon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glen Carbon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Carbon who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.36%), management occupations (12.86%), and sales jobs (10.99%).

Also of interest is that Glen Carbon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Glen Carbon is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

For most residents of Glen Carbon, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.8% of people in Glen Carbon drive alone to work on most days, making Glen Carbon a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Glen Carbon's landscape.

Being a small town, Glen Carbon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Glen Carbon Information and Demographics

The citizens of Glen Carbon are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.00% of adults in Glen Carbon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Glen Carbon in 2000 was $26,403, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,612 for a family of four.

The people who call Glen Carbon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Glen Carbon is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glen Carbon include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Glen Carbon is English.