Carbon vs Corning

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

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

Corning has the higher population (1,573 vs 46 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Corning
Population	46	1,573
Median age	68.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,446
Median home value	—	$84,700
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	39	909
Homeownership rate	92.9%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Corning
Population	46 → 46 (+0.0%)	1,577 → 1,573 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $43,125 (+17.6%)	$47,330 → $60,446 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $71,700 (+2.4%)	$72,900 → $84,700 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$554 → $750 (+35.4%)

Carbon

Population

4646

Median household income

$36,667$43,125

Median home value

$70,000$71,700

Corning

Population

1,5771,573

Median household income

$47,330$60,446

Median home value

$72,900$84,700

Median gross rent

$554$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Corning
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	41.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	37.0%	12.0%
75 and over	21.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Corning
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Corning
No high school diploma	26.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	63.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	4.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Corning
Drove alone	100.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Corning
1-unit, detached	74.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Corning
Poverty rate	28.3%	11.4%
Average household size	1.64	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1948	1952