Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 13,847, 5,559 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $336,806, Glen Carbon real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Glen Carbon, accounting for 66.48% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Glen Carbon include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.46%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.34%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.67%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Glen Carbon. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 65.70% of Glen Carbon's homes, and 55.71% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Glen Carbon built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Glen Carbon built between 2000 and later ( 27.19%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 10.40%). There's also some housing in Glen Carbon built before 1939 ( 5.82%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Glen Carbon, where house values have increased just 49.15%, which is annualized rate of 4.08%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Glen Carbon's appreciation rate, at 6.65%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Glen Carbon's appreciation rate has been -0.41%, which annualizes to a rate of -1.64%.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Glen Carbon's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
$336,806
for Illinois
for nation
5,559
$1,622 / per month