Archbald vs Carbondale

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

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

Carbondale has the higher population (8,820 vs 7,348 in Archbald). Archbald has the higher median household income ($76,315 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Archbald has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Archbald	Carbondale
Population	7,348	8,820
Median age	44.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,315	$48,592
Median home value	$211,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	$951	$788
Housing units	3,180	4,470
Homeownership rate	74.9%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archbald	Carbondale
Population	6,988 → 7,348 (+5.2%)	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$53,212 → $76,315 (+43.4%)	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $211,400 (+21.0%)	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $951 (+12.7%)	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)

Archbald

Population

6,9887,348

Median household income

$53,212$76,315

Median home value

$174,700$211,400

Median gross rent

$844$951

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archbald	Carbondale
Under 5	5.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	6.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archbald	Carbondale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archbald	Carbondale
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archbald	Carbondale
Drove alone	83.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archbald	Carbondale
1-unit, detached	82.3%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Archbald	Carbondale
Poverty rate	8.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1967	1949