Grier City vs Mount Carbon

A side-by-side comparison of Grier City and Mount Carbon: population, income, housing, and more.

Grier City and Mount Carbon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grier City has the higher population (121 vs 39 in Mount Carbon). Mount Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $48,487 in Grier City). Grier City has the higher median home value ($163,100 vs $76,700 in Mount Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
Population	121	39
Median age	68.7 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,487	$61,250
Median home value	$163,100	$76,700
Housing units	69	22
Homeownership rate	85.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	23.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
Population	296 → 121 (-59.1%)	61 → 39 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $48,487 (-31.9%)	$43,750 → $61,250 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $163,100 (+76.3%)	$60,000 → $76,700 (+27.8%)

Grier City

Population

296121

Median household income

$71,250$48,487

Median home value

$92,500$163,100

Mount Carbon

Population

6139

Median household income

$43,750$61,250

Median home value

$60,000$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	5.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	25.6%
65 to 74	32.2%	17.9%
75 and over	24.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	80.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	72.5%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	18.8%	50.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grier City	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	30.6%	2.6%
Average household size	1.75	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1955	1938