Home values, rents and more in Carbondale, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Carbondale compares
The typical home in Carbondale, IL is worth about $144,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Carbondale are 5% below the typical value in the Carbondale metro area ($151,000) and 61% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Carbondale rose 5.9%, compared with +1.5% in the Carbondale metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $673 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 17% below the Carbondale metro area ($811) and 65% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $32,128, against $48,763 in the Carbondale metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 22,158 people live in Carbondale (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Carbondale has the 5th-highest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Carbondale metro area and the 264th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Jackson County, IL · Carbondale metro area · Illinois
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.