Carbon County vs Wasatch County

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

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

Wasatch County has the higher population (35,808 vs 20,446 in Carbon County). Wasatch County has the higher median household income ($115,146 vs $53,673 in Carbon County). Wasatch County has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $200,700 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
Population	20,446	35,808
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$115,146
Median home value	$200,700	$724,400
Median gross rent	$828	$1,905
Housing units	9,629	15,446
Homeownership rate	68.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
Population	20,308 → 20,446 (+0.7%)	31,708 → 35,808 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$51,158 → $53,673 (+4.9%)	$85,166 → $115,146 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $200,700 (+42.5%)	$419,900 → $724,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $828 (+23.8%)	$1,364 → $1,905 (+39.7%)

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

Wasatch County

Population

31,70835,808

Median household income

$85,166$115,146

Median home value

$419,900$724,400

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
Drove alone	78.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Wasatch County
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1972	2003