Carbon County, Montana

Carbon County has a population of 11,116 and has grown 9.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $420,800, about 5.2 times the county's median household income of $80,261.

Home price
$420,800
Income
$80,261
Population
11,116
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$420,800county
Median gross rent$844county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198053.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant27.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use21.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,654(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,417county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,109county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,951county
Home insurance / yr$3,215(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living95.5(statewide)
Median household income$80,261county
Family health premium / yr$22,294(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,778(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.238(statewide)
Poverty rate7.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.0%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed10.0%county
Share of workers employed by government14.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry16.2%county
Economic output per resident$47,113county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.54%county
Top state income tax5.65%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.10%(statewide)
Combined sales tax0.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service43 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport475334county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station218 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.4%county
Traffic deaths63.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.6%county
Public schools in the county19county
Public school enrollment1301county
Students per full-time teacher11.2county
Free lunch eligible56.5%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools6county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution37 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians65county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population11,116county
Land area in square miles2,048county
People per square mile of land5.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store16.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+9.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age50.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.0%county
Share of households that are one person30.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.6%county
Second languages2.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls23.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents248county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in412county
Households that moved away361county
Average income of arriving households$78,731county
Average income of departing households$63,637county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year32county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings25.0%county
Violent crime rate424(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature45°Fcounty
Annual precipitation20.0 incounty
Annual snowfall105.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.08 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing158 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days116 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 27county
Average first fall frostSep 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.3¢county
Household electricity use904 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity17.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas52.8%county
Homes heated by propane21.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood6.6%county
Households with broadband86.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk72.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk37.4county
Landslide risk98.8county
Hail risk46.1county
Earthquake risk53.6county
Tornado risk17.1county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk20.9county
Winter weather risk67.7county
Strong wind risk11.1county
Wildfire risk93.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Carbon County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Montana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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