Billtown vs Carbon

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

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

Carbon has the higher population (293 vs 170 in Billtown). Carbon has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $62,500 in Billtown). Since 2019, Billtown's population has grown faster (+16.4% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Billtown	Carbon
Population	170	293
Median age	33.8 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$70,000
Median home value	—	$73,300
Median gross rent	—	$945
Housing units	56	104
Homeownership rate	96.4%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Billtown	Carbon
Population	146 → 170 (+16.4%)	402 → 293 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$51,125 → $62,500 (+22.2%)	$42,222 → $70,000 (+65.8%)
Median home value	—	$60,000 → $73,300 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$716 → $945 (+32.0%)

Billtown

Population

146170

Median household income

$51,125$62,500

Carbon

Population

402293

Median household income

$42,222$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$716$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Billtown	Carbon
Under 5	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	7.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	27.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.2%
75 and over	0.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Billtown	Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Billtown	Carbon
No high school diploma	11.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Billtown	Carbon
Drove alone	77.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	22.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Billtown	Carbon
1-unit, detached	53.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Billtown	Carbon
Poverty rate	34.1%	10.2%
Average household size	3.04	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1970	1981