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Carbon County, WY

14,463 Population
7,897.7 square miles 1.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,791 ±$2,482 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,511 ±$8,400 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±2.9% (1,688  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±1.7 (96,460  ±12,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,116 ±224 Number of households
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (13,877  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±4.4% (273  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,236 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,700 ±$13,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±3.2% (1,768  ±462.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±6% (9,282  ±617.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±3% (2,492  ±306) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)
  • about two-thirds of 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

4.2% (601  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.5% (768  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
768 Total veterans ±164 749 Male ±160 19 Female ±17

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