Carbondale vs Lyndon

A side-by-side comparison of Carbondale and Lyndon: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbondale and Lyndon are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carbondale has the higher population (1,361 vs 1,184 in Lyndon). Lyndon has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $67,578 in Carbondale). Lyndon has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $112,300 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Lyndon
Population	1,361	1,184
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,578	$70,625
Median home value	$112,300	$123,900
Median gross rent	$606	$690
Housing units	590	468
Homeownership rate	68.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Lyndon
Population	1,438 → 1,361 (-5.4%)	1,058 → 1,184 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$45,982 → $67,578 (+47.0%)	$50,972 → $70,625 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $112,300 (+40.6%)	$94,600 → $123,900 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $606 (+11.6%)	$725 → $690 (-4.8%)

Carbondale

Population

1,4381,361

Median household income

$45,982$67,578

Median home value

$79,900$112,300

Median gross rent

$543$606

Lyndon

Population

1,0581,184

Median household income

$50,972$70,625

Median home value

$94,600$123,900

Median gross rent

$725$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Lyndon
Under 5	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Lyndon
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Lyndon
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Lyndon
Drove alone	73.2%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Lyndon
1-unit, detached	77.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Lyndon
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1975	1958