Carlsborg vs Forks

A side-by-side comparison of Carlsborg and Forks: population, income, housing, and more.

Carlsborg and Forks are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forks has the higher population (3,413 vs 1,135 in Carlsborg). Forks has the higher median household income ($46,389 vs $39,239 in Carlsborg). Carlsborg has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $193,900 in Forks).

Population, income & housing

	Carlsborg	Forks
Population	1,135	3,413
Median age	56.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,239	$46,389
Median home value	$262,500	$193,900
Median gross rent	$1,315	$878
Housing units	554	1,645
Homeownership rate	77.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlsborg	Forks
Population	745 → 1,135 (+52.3%)	3,828 → 3,413 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$55,913 → $39,239 (-29.8%)	$38,984 → $46,389 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $262,500 (+98.0%)	$168,400 → $193,900 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,315 (+17.9%)	$636 → $878 (+38.1%)

Carlsborg

Population

7451,135

Median household income

$55,913$39,239

Median home value

$132,600$262,500

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,315

Forks

Population

3,8283,413

Median household income

$38,984$46,389

Median home value

$168,400$193,900

Median gross rent

$636$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlsborg	Forks
Under 5	2.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	18.1%
35 to 44	4.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.1%
75 and over	19.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlsborg	Forks
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	58.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	1.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlsborg	Forks
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	51.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlsborg	Forks
Drove alone	76.1%	67.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	13.4%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlsborg	Forks
1-unit, detached	54.7%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	43.7%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlsborg	Forks
Poverty rate	18.9%	23.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1994	1976