Carbon Hill vs Sumiton

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

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

Sumiton has the higher population (2,506 vs 1,440 in Carbon Hill). Sumiton has the higher median household income ($62,226 vs $22,283 in Carbon Hill). Sumiton has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $78,200 in Carbon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
Population	1,440	2,506
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$22,283	$62,226
Median home value	$78,200	$176,500
Median gross rent	$415	$765
Housing units	902	1,299
Homeownership rate	65.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
Population	1,441 → 1,440 (-0.1%)	2,472 → 2,506 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$28,864 → $22,283 (-22.8%)	$44,293 → $62,226 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $78,200 (+21.6%)	$128,900 → $176,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $415 (-28.3%)	$534 → $765 (+43.3%)

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

Sumiton

Population

2,4722,506

Median household income

$44,293$62,226

Median home value

$128,900$176,500

Median gross rent

$534$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
Under 5	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.7%
75 and over	11.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	97.0%
Black or African American	14.3%	2.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
No high school diploma	29.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
Drove alone	87.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
1-unit, detached	55.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Sumiton
Poverty rate	35.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1971	1977