Carbon vs Cisco

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon and Cisco: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbon and Cisco are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cisco has the higher population (3,926 vs 285 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $57,138 in Cisco). Cisco has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $57,800 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Cisco
Population	285	3,926
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$57,138
Median home value	$57,800	$105,500
Median gross rent	$1,528	$935
Housing units	161	1,589
Homeownership rate	84.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Cisco
Population	348 → 285 (-18.1%)	3,778 → 3,926 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$39,668 → $57,138 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $57,800 (+31.7%)	$74,100 → $105,500 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,528 (+60.8%)	$484 → $935 (+93.2%)

Carbon

Population

348285

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$43,900$57,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,528

Cisco

Population

3,7783,926

Median household income

$39,668$57,138

Median home value

$74,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$484$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Cisco
Under 5	3.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	17.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Cisco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Cisco
No high school diploma	17.1%	14.9%
High school graduate	44.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Cisco
Drove alone	73.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	18.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Cisco
1-unit, detached	70.2%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Cisco
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1979	1954