Carbondale vs Old Forge

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

Carbondale and Old Forge 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 8,533 in Old Forge). Old Forge has the higher median household income ($73,258 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Old Forge has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Old Forge
Population	8,820	8,533
Median age	42.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,592	$73,258
Median home value	$118,800	$169,700
Median gross rent	$788	$862
Housing units	4,470	3,949
Homeownership rate	52.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Old Forge
Population	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)	7,965 → 8,533 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)	$57,563 → $73,258 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)	$148,500 → $169,700 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)	$835 → $862 (+3.2%)

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

Old Forge

Population

7,9658,533

Median household income

$57,563$73,258

Median home value

$148,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$835$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Old Forge
Under 5	7.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.0%
75 and over	10.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Old Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Old Forge
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Old Forge
Drove alone	78.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	10.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Old Forge
1-unit, detached	55.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Old Forge
Poverty rate	25.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1949	1959