Carbondale vs Dickson City

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

Carbondale and Dickson City 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 6,022 in Dickson City). Dickson City has the higher median household income ($58,343 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Dickson City has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Dickson City
Population	8,820	6,022
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,592	$58,343
Median home value	$118,800	$184,700
Median gross rent	$788	$951
Housing units	4,470	3,037
Homeownership rate	52.7%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Dickson City
Population	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

Dickson City

Population

5,8026,022

Median household income

$53,167$58,343

Median home value

$141,500$184,700

Median gross rent

$780$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Dickson City
Under 5	7.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.5%
75 and over	10.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Dickson City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Dickson City
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Dickson City
Drove alone	78.3%	78.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	10.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Dickson City
1-unit, detached	55.6%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	6.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Dickson City
Poverty rate	25.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1949	1946