Carbonville vs Helper

A side-by-side comparison of Carbonville and Helper: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbonville and Helper are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Helper has the higher population (2,680 vs 1,410 in Carbonville). Carbonville has the higher median household income ($64,405 vs $61,908 in Helper). Carbonville has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $207,700 in Helper).

Population, income & housing

	Carbonville	Helper
Population	1,410	2,680
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,405	$61,908
Median home value	$208,500	$207,700
Median gross rent	$1,025	$843
Housing units	660	1,273
Homeownership rate	71.4%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbonville	Helper
Population	1,346 → 1,410 (+4.8%)	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$66,081 → $64,405 (-2.5%)	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$142,000 → $208,500 (+46.8%)	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,025 (+52.8%)	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)

Carbonville

Population

1,3461,410

Median household income

$66,081$64,405

Median home value

$142,000$208,500

Median gross rent

$671$1,025

Helper

Population

2,2392,680

Median household income

$56,111$61,908

Median home value

$125,300$207,700

Median gross rent

$697$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbonville	Helper
Under 5	8.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.9%
75 and over	9.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbonville	Helper
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	12.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbonville	Helper
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	22.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbonville	Helper
Drove alone	74.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	22.9%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbonville	Helper
1-unit, detached	58.8%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Carbonville	Helper
Poverty rate	4.8%	13.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1979	1942