Carbon vs Nodaway

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

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

Nodaway has the higher population (65 vs 46 in Carbon). Since 2019, Carbon's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -22.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Nodaway
Population	46	65
Median age	68.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	—	$46,300
Housing units	39	29
Homeownership rate	92.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Nodaway
Population	46 → 46 (+0.0%)	84 → 65 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $43,125 (+17.6%)	$36,250 → $47,500 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $71,700 (+2.4%)	$48,800 → $46,300 (-5.1%)

Carbon

Population

4646

Median household income

$36,667$43,125

Median home value

$70,000$71,700

Nodaway

Population

8465

Median household income

$36,250$47,500

Median home value

$48,800$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Nodaway
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	41.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	37.0%	29.2%
75 and over	21.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Nodaway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	96.9%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Nodaway
No high school diploma	26.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	63.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	4.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Nodaway
Drove alone	100.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Nodaway
1-unit, detached	74.4%	93.1%
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	25.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Nodaway
Poverty rate	28.3%	12.3%
Average household size	1.64	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1948	1938