Carbon Hill vs Jasper

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon Hill and Jasper: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbon Hill and Jasper are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jasper has the higher population (14,480 vs 1,440 in Carbon Hill). Jasper has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $22,283 in Carbon Hill). Jasper has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $78,200 in Carbon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
Population	1,440	14,480
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$22,283	$66,250
Median home value	$78,200	$208,000
Median gross rent	$415	$722
Housing units	902	6,109
Homeownership rate	65.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
Population	1,441 → 1,440 (-0.1%)	13,649 → 14,480 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$28,864 → $22,283 (-22.8%)	$49,201 → $66,250 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $78,200 (+21.6%)	$150,300 → $208,000 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $415 (-28.3%)	$625 → $722 (+15.5%)

Carbon Hill

Population

1,4411,440

Median household income

$28,864$22,283

Median home value

$64,300$78,200

Median gross rent

$579$415

Jasper

Population

13,64914,480

Median household income

$49,201$66,250

Median home value

$150,300$208,000

Median gross rent

$625$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
Under 5	4.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	16.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	11.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	14.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
No high school diploma	29.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
Drove alone	87.7%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
1-unit, detached	55.2%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Jasper
Poverty rate	35.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1971	1978