Carbondale vs Dunmore

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

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

Dunmore has the higher population (14,123 vs 8,820 in Carbondale). Dunmore has the higher median household income ($75,632 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Dunmore has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Dunmore
Population	8,820	14,123
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,592	$75,632
Median home value	$118,800	$186,900
Median gross rent	$788	$923
Housing units	4,470	6,510
Homeownership rate	52.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Dunmore
Population	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)	13,111 → 14,123 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)	$59,806 → $75,632 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)	$160,900 → $186,900 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)	$792 → $923 (+16.5%)

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

Dunmore

Population

13,11114,123

Median household income

$59,806$75,632

Median home value

$160,900$186,900

Median gross rent

$792$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Dunmore
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.6%
75 and over	10.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Dunmore
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Dunmore
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Dunmore
Drove alone	78.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	10.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Dunmore
1-unit, detached	55.6%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Dunmore
Poverty rate	25.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1949	1951