East Carbon vs Price

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

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

Price has the higher population (8,216 vs 1,476 in East Carbon). Price has the higher median household income ($46,947 vs $40,114 in East Carbon). Price has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $86,500 in East Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	East Carbon	Price
Population	1,476	8,216
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$46,947
Median home value	$86,500	$189,800
Median gross rent	$1,028	$796
Housing units	817	3,588
Homeownership rate	75.7%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carbon	Price
Population	1,497 → 1,476 (-1.4%)	8,265 → 8,216 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$38,523 → $40,114 (+4.1%)	$45,730 → $46,947 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $86,500 (+35.2%)	$144,700 → $189,800 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,028 (+73.4%)	$668 → $796 (+19.2%)

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

Price

Population

8,2658,216

Median household income

$45,730$46,947

Median home value

$144,700$189,800

Median gross rent

$668$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Carbon	Price
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.7%
75 and over	9.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carbon	Price
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carbon	Price
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carbon	Price
Drove alone	85.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carbon	Price
1-unit, detached	95.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	East Carbon	Price
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1945	1972