Blakely vs Carbondale

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

Blakely 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 6,661 in Blakely). Blakely has the higher median household income ($59,858 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Blakely has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Blakely	Carbondale
Population	6,661	8,820
Median age	52.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,858	$48,592
Median home value	$183,600	$118,800
Median gross rent	$988	$788
Housing units	3,337	4,470
Homeownership rate	67.1%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakely	Carbondale
Population	6,258 → 6,661 (+6.4%)	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $59,858 (+10.5%)	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $183,600 (+14.2%)	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $988 (+18.0%)	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)

Blakely

Population

6,2586,661

Median household income

$54,194$59,858

Median home value

$160,800$183,600

Median gross rent

$837$988

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)

	Blakely	Carbondale
Under 5	4.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.6%
75 and over	17.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakely	Carbondale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	79.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakely	Carbondale
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakely	Carbondale
Drove alone	71.1%	78.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	6.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakely	Carbondale
1-unit, detached	69.2%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blakely	Carbondale
Poverty rate	7.7%	25.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1944	1949