Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County has a population of 14,463 and has shrunk 3.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $222,700, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $70,511.

Home price
$222,700
Income
$70,511
Population
14,463
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$222,700county
Median gross rent$842county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198066.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile15.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant25.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use12.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,025county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$980county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$854county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,293county
Home insurance / yr$2,075(statewide)

Money

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

Cost of living93.7(statewide)
Median household income$70,511county
Family health premium / yr$23,676(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,327(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.126(statewide)
Poverty rate12.2%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 home6.7%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.8%county
Share of workers employed by government29.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.2%county
Economic output per resident$132,447county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.57%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.39%(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 time16.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service76 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport19061county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station124 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.1%county
Traffic deaths145.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-26.1(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 higher24.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.7%county
Public schools in the county11county
Public school enrollment2206county
Students per full-time teacher10.4county
Free lunch eligible42.3%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution81 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians55county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.2%county
Frequent mental distress15.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.6%county

Place

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

Population14,463county
Land area in square miles7,898county
People per square mile of land1.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store31.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract36.8%county
Population change since 2020-3.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Median age40.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.1%county
Share of households that are one person31.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.2%county
Second languages10.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents289county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in458county
Households that moved away481county
Average income of arriving households$58,249county
Average income of departing households$71,102county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year30county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate203(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature43.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation14.0 incounty
Annual snowfall52.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.53 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F1 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing182 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days105 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 4county
Average first fall frostSep 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$130county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use810 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$16.49(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity20.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas63.2%county
Homes heated by propane8.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood6.5%county
Households with broadband89.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk50.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.5county
Landslide risk89.7county
Hail risk5.1county
Earthquake risk60.7county
Tornado risk8.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk71.9county
Strong wind risk9.6county
Wildfire risk81.9county

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 Wyoming figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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