Carbon Hill vs Murray City

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon Hill and Murray City: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbon Hill and Murray City are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murray City has the higher population (326 vs 148 in Carbon Hill). Carbon Hill has the higher median household income ($61,625 vs $38,409 in Murray City). Since 2019, Murray City's population has grown faster (-9.7% vs -49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
Population	148	326
Median age	74.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,625	$38,409
Median home value	—	$83,700
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	70	198
Homeownership rate	31.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
Population	291 → 148 (-49.1%)	361 → 326 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$83,269 → $61,625 (-26.0%)	$30,903 → $38,409 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $94,900 (+24.1%)	$63,300 → $83,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$531 → $783 (+47.5%)

Carbon Hill

Population

291148

Median household income

$83,269$61,625

Median home value

$76,500$94,900

Murray City

Population

361326

Median household income

$30,903$38,409

Median home value

$63,300$83,700

Median gross rent

$531$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	1.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	5.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	24.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	27.0%	18.1%
75 and over	27.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	99.4%
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	4.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	65.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
Drove alone	82.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
1-unit, detached	87.1%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Murray City
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1994	1944