Carbon vs Knightsville

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

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

Knightsville has the higher population (612 vs 293 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $50,096 in Knightsville). Knightsville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $73,300 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Knightsville
Population	293	612
Median age	27.9 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$50,096
Median home value	$73,300	$106,000
Median gross rent	$945	$935
Housing units	104	305
Homeownership rate	86.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Knightsville
Population	402 → 293 (-27.1%)	707 → 612 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$42,222 → $70,000 (+65.8%)	$48,417 → $50,096 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $73,300 (+22.2%)	$70,200 → $106,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $945 (+32.0%)	$878 → $935 (+6.5%)

Carbon

Population

402293

Median household income

$42,222$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$716$945

Knightsville

Population

707612

Median household income

$48,417$50,096

Median home value

$70,200$106,000

Median gross rent

$878$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Knightsville
Under 5	16.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	27.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	19.1%
75 and over	2.4%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Knightsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Knightsville
No high school diploma	14.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Knightsville
Drove alone	76.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Knightsville
1-unit, detached	76.0%	90.5%
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%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Knightsville
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.8%
Average household size	3.26	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1981	1960