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Carbon County, MT

11,116 Population
2,047.9 square miles 5.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,872 ±$4,165 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,261 ±$9,036 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±1.9% (859  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±6.2 (137,370  ±30,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,664 ±3,324 Number of households
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±1.7 (11,019  ±8) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±4.3% (103  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,455 ±3,312 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$420,800 ±$24,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±3.1% (1,186  ±338.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±8.4% (8,289  ±720.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.6% ±5.2% (2,967  ±442.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% (69  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1.8% (785  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
785 Total veterans ±166 662 Male ±129 123 Female ±75

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