Carbon vs Rising Star

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

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

Rising Star has the higher population (734 vs 285 in Carbon). Carbon has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $31,667 in Rising Star). Carbon has the higher median home value ($57,800 vs $36,500 in Rising Star).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon	Rising Star
Population	285	734
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$31,667
Median home value	$57,800	$36,500
Median gross rent	$1,528	$596
Housing units	161	473
Homeownership rate	84.1%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon	Rising Star
Population	348 → 285 (-18.1%)	876 → 734 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$31,121 → $31,667 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $57,800 (+31.7%)	$43,500 → $36,500 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,528 (+60.8%)	$607 → $596 (-1.8%)

Carbon

Population

348285

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$43,900$57,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,528

Rising Star

Population

876734

Median household income

$31,121$31,667

Median home value

$43,500$36,500

Median gross rent

$607$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon	Rising Star
Under 5	3.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	18.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.1%
75 and over	6.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon	Rising Star
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon	Rising Star
No high school diploma	17.1%	25.3%
High school graduate	44.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon	Rising Star
Drove alone	73.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	18.4%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.2%
Other means	2.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon	Rising Star
1-unit, detached	70.2%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Carbon	Rising Star
Poverty rate	4.9%	22.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	35	16
Median year structure built	1979	1953