East Carbon vs West Wood

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

East Carbon and West Wood 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 833 in West Wood). West Wood has the higher median household income ($78,889 vs $40,114 in East Carbon). West Wood has the higher median home value ($419,500 vs $86,500 in East Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	East Carbon	West Wood
Population	1,476	833
Median age	40.9 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,114	$78,889
Median home value	$86,500	$419,500
Median gross rent	$1,028	—
Housing units	817	291
Homeownership rate	75.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carbon	West Wood
Population	1,497 → 1,476 (-1.4%)	694 → 833 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$38,523 → $40,114 (+4.1%)	$69,886 → $78,889 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $86,500 (+35.2%)	$209,300 → $419,500 (+100.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,028 (+73.4%)	—

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

West Wood

Population

694833

Median household income

$69,886$78,889

Median home value

$209,300$419,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Carbon	West Wood
Under 5	5.1%	11.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	30.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.1%
75 and over	9.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carbon	West Wood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carbon	West Wood
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carbon	West Wood
Drove alone	85.5%	63.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carbon	West Wood
1-unit, detached	95.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	East Carbon	West Wood
Poverty rate	20.4%	23.2%
Average household size	2.54	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1945	1993