Carbon County vs Duchesne County

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

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

Carbon County has the higher population (20,446 vs 19,932 in Duchesne County). Duchesne County has the higher median household income ($74,738 vs $53,673 in Carbon County). Duchesne County has the higher median home value ($253,600 vs $200,700 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
Population	20,446	19,932
Median age	38.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$74,738
Median home value	$200,700	$253,600
Median gross rent	$828	$934
Housing units	9,629	8,943
Homeownership rate	68.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
Population	20,308 → 20,446 (+0.7%)	20,148 → 19,932 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$51,158 → $53,673 (+4.9%)	$63,224 → $74,738 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $200,700 (+42.5%)	$185,800 → $253,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $828 (+23.8%)	$855 → $934 (+9.2%)

Carbon County

Population

20,30820,446

Median household income

$51,158$53,673

Median home value

$140,800$200,700

Median gross rent

$669$828

Duchesne County

Population

20,14819,932

Median household income

$63,224$74,738

Median home value

$185,800$253,600

Median gross rent

$855$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
Under 5	6.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	3.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
Drove alone	78.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Duchesne County
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1972	1987