Carbon County vs Pike County

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

Carbon County and Pike 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 59,691 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($79,318 vs $67,877 in Carbon County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $193,700 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Pike County
Population	65,191	59,691
Median age	46.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,877	$79,318
Median home value	$193,700	$250,900
Median gross rent	$975	$1,383
Housing units	34,299	39,948
Homeownership rate	77.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Pike County
Population	63,887 → 65,191 (+2.0%)	55,453 → 59,691 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$57,006 → $67,877 (+19.1%)	$65,928 → $79,318 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $193,700 (+32.3%)	$185,700 → $250,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $975 (+17.5%)	$1,200 → $1,383 (+15.3%)

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

Pike County

Population

55,45359,691

Median household income

$65,928$79,318

Median home value

$185,700$250,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Pike County
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	14.1%
75 and over	8.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	77.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Pike County
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Pike County
Drove alone	80.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	2.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	69.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Pike County
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	44
Median year structure built	1972	1985