Armstrong County vs Carbon County

A side-by-side comparison of Armstrong County and Carbon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Armstrong County and Carbon County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carbon County has the higher population (65,191 vs 65,069 in Armstrong County). Carbon County has the higher median household income ($67,877 vs $64,295 in Armstrong County). Carbon County has the higher median home value ($193,700 vs $146,300 in Armstrong County).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
Population	65,069	65,191
Median age	47.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,295	$67,877
Median home value	$146,300	$193,700
Median gross rent	$802	$975
Housing units	32,164	34,299
Homeownership rate	78.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
Population	65,867 → 65,069 (-1.2%)	63,887 → 65,191 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$51,410 → $64,295 (+25.1%)	$57,006 → $67,877 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $146,300 (+33.7%)	$146,400 → $193,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $802 (+20.4%)	$830 → $975 (+17.5%)

Armstrong County

Population

65,86765,069

Median household income

$51,410$64,295

Median home value

$109,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$666$802

Carbon County

Population

63,88765,191

Median household income

$57,006$67,877

Median home value

$146,400$193,700

Median gross rent

$830$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.4%
75 and over	9.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
Drove alone	78.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
1-unit, detached	77.9%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong County	Carbon County
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1960	1972