East Carbon vs Helper

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

East Carbon 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 1,476 in East Carbon). Helper has the higher median household income ($61,908 vs $40,114 in East Carbon). Helper has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $86,500 in East Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	East Carbon	Helper
Population	1,476	2,680
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$61,908
Median home value	$86,500	$207,700
Median gross rent	$1,028	$843
Housing units	817	1,273
Homeownership rate	75.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carbon	Helper
Population	1,497 → 1,476 (-1.4%)	2,239 → 2,680 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$38,523 → $40,114 (+4.1%)	$56,111 → $61,908 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $86,500 (+35.2%)	$125,300 → $207,700 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,028 (+73.4%)	$697 → $843 (+20.9%)

East Carbon

Population

1,4971,476

Median household income

$38,523$40,114

Median home value

$64,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$593$1,028

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)

	East Carbon	Helper
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.9%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carbon	Helper
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carbon	Helper
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carbon	Helper
Drove alone	85.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carbon	Helper
1-unit, detached	95.6%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	East Carbon	Helper
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1945	1942