Carbon vs Ranger

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

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

Ranger has the higher population (2,541 vs 285 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $34,006 in Ranger). Carbon has the higher median home value ($57,800 vs $49,700 in Ranger).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Ranger
Population	285	2,541
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$34,006
Median home value	$57,800	$49,700
Median gross rent	$1,528	$836
Housing units	161	1,343
Homeownership rate	84.1%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Ranger
Population	348 → 285 (-18.1%)	2,865 → 2,541 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$29,398 → $34,006 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $57,800 (+31.7%)	$37,900 → $49,700 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,528 (+60.8%)	$603 → $836 (+38.6%)

Carbon

Population

348285

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$43,900$57,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,528

Ranger

Population

2,8652,541

Median household income

$29,398$34,006

Median home value

$37,900$49,700

Median gross rent

$603$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Ranger
Under 5	3.9%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	18.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Ranger
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Ranger
No high school diploma	17.1%	20.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Ranger
Drove alone	73.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	18.4%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Ranger
1-unit, detached	70.2%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Ranger
Poverty rate	4.9%	21.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1979	1958