Carbondale vs Vassar

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

Carbondale and Vassar 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 870 in Vassar). Vassar has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $67,578 in Carbondale). Vassar has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $112,300 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Vassar
Population	1,361	870
Median age	34.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,578	$72,083
Median home value	$112,300	$170,700
Median gross rent	$606	$1,132
Housing units	590	407
Homeownership rate	68.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Vassar
Population	1,438 → 1,361 (-5.4%)	799 → 870 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$45,982 → $67,578 (+47.0%)	$71,250 → $72,083 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $112,300 (+40.6%)	$128,000 → $170,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $606 (+11.6%)	$930 → $1,132 (+21.7%)

Carbondale

Population

1,4381,361

Median household income

$45,982$67,578

Median home value

$79,900$112,300

Median gross rent

$543$606

Vassar

Population

799870

Median household income

$71,250$72,083

Median home value

$128,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$930$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Vassar
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	24.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	19.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	91.3%
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%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Vassar
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Vassar
Drove alone	73.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Vassar
1-unit, detached	77.6%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Vassar
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	43
Median year structure built	1975	1980