Carbon Hill vs Oakman

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

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

Carbon Hill has the higher population (1,440 vs 872 in Oakman). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($78,200 vs $71,600 in Oakman). Since 2019, Oakman's population has grown faster (+36.7% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
Population	1,440	872
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$22,283	—
Median home value	$78,200	$71,600
Median gross rent	$415	—
Housing units	902	444
Homeownership rate	65.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
Population	1,441 → 1,440 (-0.1%)	638 → 872 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$28,864 → $22,283 (-22.8%)	$19,500 → $24,578 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $78,200 (+21.6%)	$70,800 → $71,600 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $415 (-28.3%)	$464 → $413 (-11.0%)

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

Oakman

Population

638872

Median household income

$19,500$24,578

Median home value

$70,800$71,600

Median gross rent

$464$413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
Under 5	4.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	16.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.0%
75 and over	11.2%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	14.3%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
No high school diploma	29.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
Drove alone	87.7%	89.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
1-unit, detached	55.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Oakman
Poverty rate	35.3%	20.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1971	1981