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Census Tract 5, Carbon, UT

3,895 Population
430.8 square miles 9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Helper: 44.4 ±3.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carbon County: 38.6 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Utah: 32 ±0.1

Economics

$35,216 ±$4,859 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Helper: $30,906 † ±$4,785
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $30,960 ±$1,850
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Utah: $40,873 ±$264
$60,179 ±$12,799 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Helper: $56,875 † ±$15,575
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $58,377 ±$3,587
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Utah: $95,166 ±$774

16.2% ±8.3% (627  ±327) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Helper: 17.6% † 474 (±10.7% / ±300)
  • a little less than the rate in Carbon County: 17% † 3,438 (±3.1% / ±621)
  • nearly double the rate in Utah: 8.5% 283,680 (±0.2% / ±7,249)

31.5 minutes ±6 (41,505  ±10,770) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Helper: 29.8 † 32,565 (±6.3 / ±10,127)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Carbon County: 19.5 153,230 (±1.4 / ±14,581)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Utah: 22.1 30,760,030 (±0.1 / ±237,401)

Families

1,598 ±167 Number of households
  • Helper: 1,177 † ±193
  • Carbon County: 8,123 ±231
  • Utah: 1,124,822 ±2,819
2.4 ±0.4 (3,858  ±386) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Helper: 2.3 † 2,698 (±0.5 / ±442)
  • a little less than the figure in Carbon County: 2.5 20,115 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Utah: 3 3,337,860

4.3% ±5% (29  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Helper: 9.1% † 51 (±7.8% / ±46)
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 4.3% † 200 (±1.7% / ±80)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Utah: 5.7% 49,801 (±0.2% / ±1,601)

Housing

2,316 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Helper: 1,345 † ±210
  • Carbon County: 9,669 ±24
  • Utah: 1,223,468 ±257

$233,400 ±$9,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Helper: $209,800 ±$13,437
  • about the same as the amount in Carbon County: $228,500 ±$9,715
  • about half the amount in Utah: $489,400 ±$1,629

13.9% ±6.1% (535  ±239.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Helper: 11.8% † 311 (±6% / ±166.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Carbon County: 9.7% † 1,978 (±2% / ±406.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 14% 468,118 (±0.3% / ±9,366)

Social

94.6% ±5.9% (2,647  ±305.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Helper: 93.6% † 1,876 (±20.1% / ±274.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 92.5% 12,541 (±4.6% / ±626.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.4% 1,918,440 (±0.5% / ±10,276.6)
24.5% ±4% (686  ±130.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Helper: 20.1% † 402 (±4.9% / ±117.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Carbon County: 18.8% † 2,548 (±2.2% / ±292.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Utah: 37.7% 774,301 (±0.3% / ±6,106.2)

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

1.4% ±1.2% (55  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Helper: 1.1% † 29 (±1.4% / ±37)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 1.9% 381
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Utah: 8.9% 302,552

3.6% ±1.8% (108  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Helper: 3.7% † 79 (±2.1% / ±46)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 4.9% † 749 (±0.9% / ±138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 4.6% 111,760 (±0.1% / ±2,339)
108 Total veterans ±54 108 Male ±54 N/A Female ±13

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