Carbon vs Gorman

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

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

Gorman has the higher population (1,056 vs 285 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $21,607 in Gorman). Gorman has the higher median home value ($71,000 vs $57,800 in Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Gorman
Population	285	1,056
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$21,607
Median home value	$57,800	$71,000
Median gross rent	$1,528	$484
Housing units	161	525
Homeownership rate	84.1%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Gorman
Population	348 → 285 (-18.1%)	1,302 → 1,056 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$22,101 → $21,607 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $57,800 (+31.7%)	$44,800 → $71,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,528 (+60.8%)	$331 → $484 (+46.2%)

Carbon

Population

348285

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$43,900$57,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,528

Gorman

Population

1,3021,056

Median household income

$22,101$21,607

Median home value

$44,800$71,000

Median gross rent

$331$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Gorman
Under 5	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	24.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.3%
75 and over	6.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Gorman
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
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	2.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Gorman
No high school diploma	17.1%	27.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Gorman
Drove alone	73.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	18.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Gorman
1-unit, detached	70.2%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Gorman
Poverty rate	4.9%	46.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1979	1954