Carbon Hill vs Sipsey

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

Carbon Hill and Sipsey 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 283 in Sipsey). Sipsey has the higher median household income ($25,179 vs $22,283 in Carbon Hill). Since 2019, Carbon Hill's population has grown faster (-0.1% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
Population	1,440	283
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$22,283	$25,179
Median home value	$78,200	—
Median gross rent	$415	$919
Housing units	902	137
Homeownership rate	65.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
Population	1,441 → 1,440 (-0.1%)	373 → 283 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$28,864 → $22,283 (-22.8%)	$25,938 → $25,179 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $78,200 (+21.6%)	$49,100 → $53,100 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $415 (-28.3%)	$833 → $919 (+10.3%)

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

Sipsey

Population

373283

Median household income

$25,938$25,179

Median home value

$49,100$53,100

Median gross rent

$833$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	22.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.7%
75 and over	11.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	14.3%	37.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
No high school diploma	29.6%	34.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
Drove alone	87.7%	89.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
1-unit, detached	55.2%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Sipsey
Poverty rate	35.3%	19.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1971	1975