East Carbon vs Spring Glen

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

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

East Carbon has the higher population (1,476 vs 925 in Spring Glen). East Carbon has the higher median household income ($40,114 vs $36,864 in Spring Glen). Spring Glen has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $86,500 in East Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
Population	1,476	925
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$36,864
Median home value	$86,500	$269,200
Median gross rent	$1,028	$768
Housing units	817	566
Homeownership rate	75.7%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
Population	1,497 → 1,476 (-1.4%)	995 → 925 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$38,523 → $40,114 (+4.1%)	$59,135 → $36,864 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $86,500 (+35.2%)	$162,100 → $269,200 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,028 (+73.4%)	$608 → $768 (+26.3%)

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

Spring Glen

Population

995925

Median household income

$59,135$36,864

Median home value

$162,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$608$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
Under 5	5.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.2%
75 and over	9.0%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	87.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
No high school diploma	12.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
Drove alone	85.5%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
1-unit, detached	95.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	East Carbon	Spring Glen
Poverty rate	20.4%	39.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1945	1953