Carbon County vs Morgan County

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

Carbon County and Morgan 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 12,585 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($126,092 vs $53,673 in Carbon County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $200,700 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Morgan County
Population	20,446	12,585
Median age	38.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$126,092
Median home value	$200,700	$600,900
Median gross rent	$828	$1,493
Housing units	9,629	3,833
Homeownership rate	68.1%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Morgan County
Population	20,308 → 20,446 (+0.7%)	11,664 → 12,585 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$51,158 → $53,673 (+4.9%)	$91,341 → $126,092 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $200,700 (+42.5%)	$374,800 → $600,900 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $828 (+23.8%)	$1,182 → $1,493 (+26.3%)

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

Morgan County

Population

11,66412,585

Median household income

$91,341$126,092

Median home value

$374,800$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Morgan County
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.2%
75 and over	7.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Morgan County
Drove alone	78.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	16.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.50	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1972	1997