Carbon vs Eastland

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

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

Eastland has the higher population (3,631 vs 285 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $51,334 in Eastland). Eastland has the higher median home value ($175,800 vs $57,800 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Eastland
Population	285	3,631
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$51,334
Median home value	$57,800	$175,800
Median gross rent	$1,528	$805
Housing units	161	1,901
Homeownership rate	84.1%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Eastland
Population	348 → 285 (-18.1%)	3,853 → 3,631 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$33,375 → $51,334 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $57,800 (+31.7%)	$78,700 → $175,800 (+123.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,528 (+60.8%)	$586 → $805 (+37.4%)

Carbon

Population

348285

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$43,900$57,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,528

Eastland

Population

3,8533,631

Median household income

$33,375$51,334

Median home value

$78,700$175,800

Median gross rent

$586$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Eastland
Under 5	3.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.4%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Eastland
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Eastland
No high school diploma	17.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	44.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Eastland
Drove alone	73.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	18.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.0%
Other means	2.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Eastland
1-unit, detached	70.2%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Eastland
Poverty rate	4.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1979	1961