Carbondale vs Overbrook

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

Carbondale and Overbrook 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 1,015 in Overbrook). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($67,578 vs $63,750 in Overbrook). Overbrook has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $112,300 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Overbrook
Population	1,361	1,015
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,578	$63,750
Median home value	$112,300	$131,300
Median gross rent	$606	$775
Housing units	590	460
Homeownership rate	68.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Overbrook
Population	1,438 → 1,361 (-5.4%)	800 → 1,015 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$45,982 → $67,578 (+47.0%)	$50,536 → $63,750 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $112,300 (+40.6%)	$118,900 → $131,300 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $606 (+11.6%)	$736 → $775 (+5.3%)

Carbondale

Population

1,4381,361

Median household income

$45,982$67,578

Median home value

$79,900$112,300

Median gross rent

$543$606

Overbrook

Population

8001,015

Median household income

$50,536$63,750

Median home value

$118,900$131,300

Median gross rent

$736$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Overbrook
Under 5	4.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	24.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.3%
75 and over	6.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Overbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Overbrook
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Overbrook
Drove alone	73.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Overbrook
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Overbrook
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1975	1968