Carbon vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (248 vs 46 in Carbon). Since 2019, Prescott's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Prescott
Population	46	248
Median age	68.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,750
Median home value	—	$65,000
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	39	108
Homeownership rate	92.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Prescott
Population	46 → 46 (+0.0%)	196 → 248 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $43,125 (+17.6%)	$46,250 → $66,750 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $71,700 (+2.4%)	$44,400 → $65,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $920 (+21.4%)

Carbon

Population

4646

Median household income

$36,667$43,125

Median home value

$70,000$71,700

Prescott

Population

196248

Median household income

$46,250$66,750

Median home value

$44,400$65,000

Median gross rent

$758$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Prescott
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	41.3%	26.2%
65 to 74	37.0%	10.9%
75 and over	21.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Prescott
No high school diploma	26.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	63.0%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	4.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Prescott
Drove alone	100.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Prescott
1-unit, detached	74.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Prescott
Poverty rate	28.3%	3.2%
Average household size	1.64	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1948	1938