Carbon County vs San Juan County

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

Carbon County and San Juan 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 14,466 in San Juan County). San Juan County has the higher median household income ($54,890 vs $53,673 in Carbon County). Carbon County has the higher median home value ($200,700 vs $189,900 in San Juan County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	San Juan County
Population	20,446	14,466
Median age	38.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$54,890
Median home value	$200,700	$189,900
Median gross rent	$828	$805
Housing units	9,629	5,612
Homeownership rate	68.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	San Juan County
Population	20,308 → 20,446 (+0.7%)	15,302 → 14,466 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$51,158 → $53,673 (+4.9%)	$45,394 → $54,890 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $200,700 (+42.5%)	$129,700 → $189,900 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $828 (+23.8%)	$644 → $805 (+25.0%)

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

San Juan County

Population

15,30214,466

Median household income

$45,394$54,890

Median home value

$129,700$189,900

Median gross rent

$644$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	San Juan County
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	San Juan County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	44.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	45.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	San Juan County
No high school diploma	8.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	San Juan County
Drove alone	78.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	San Juan County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	San Juan County
Poverty rate	16.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.50	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1972	1987