Carbondale vs Taylor

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

Carbondale and Taylor 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 6,261 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($60,446 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Taylor has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Taylor
Population	8,820	6,261
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,592	$60,446
Median home value	$118,800	$169,800
Median gross rent	$788	$1,015
Housing units	4,470	2,633
Homeownership rate	52.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Taylor
Population	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)	5,965 → 6,261 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)	$45,458 → $60,446 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)	$126,000 → $169,800 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)	$783 → $1,015 (+29.6%)

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

Taylor

Population

5,9656,261

Median household income

$45,458$60,446

Median home value

$126,000$169,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Taylor
Under 5	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.5%
75 and over	10.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	76.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Taylor
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Taylor
Drove alone	78.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	9.2%
Other means	0.9%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Taylor
1-unit, detached	55.6%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Taylor
Poverty rate	25.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1949	1963