Carbon vs Staunton

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

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

Staunton has the higher population (319 vs 293 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $61,250 in Staunton). Staunton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $73,300 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Staunton
Population	293	319
Median age	27.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$61,250
Median home value	$73,300	$96,400
Median gross rent	$945	$879
Housing units	104	177
Homeownership rate	86.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Staunton
Population	402 → 293 (-27.1%)	384 → 319 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$42,222 → $70,000 (+65.8%)	$55,568 → $61,250 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $73,300 (+22.2%)	$69,700 → $96,400 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $945 (+32.0%)	$823 → $879 (+6.8%)

Carbon

Population

402293

Median household income

$42,222$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$73,300

Median gross rent

$716$945

Staunton

Population

384319

Median household income

$55,568$61,250

Median home value

$69,700$96,400

Median gross rent

$823$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Staunton
Under 5	16.7%	12.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	27.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	2.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.9%
75 and over	2.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Staunton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Staunton
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Staunton
Drove alone	76.3%	94.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Staunton
1-unit, detached	76.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Staunton
Poverty rate	10.2%	25.4%
Average household size	3.26	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1981	1971