Big Horn County vs Carbon County

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

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

Carbon County has the higher population (14,549 vs 11,737 in Big Horn County). Carbon County has the higher median household income ($66,721 vs $60,547 in Big Horn County). Carbon County has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $198,200 in Big Horn County).

Population, income & housing

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
Population	11,737	14,549
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,547	$66,721
Median home value	$198,200	$214,500
Median gross rent	$876	$894
Housing units	5,370	8,220
Homeownership rate	77.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
Population	11,882 → 11,737 (-1.2%)	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $60,547 (+14.7%)	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $198,200 (+21.3%)	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $876 (+29.2%)	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)

Big Horn County

Population

11,88211,737

Median household income

$52,804$60,547

Median home value

$163,400$198,200

Median gross rent

$678$876

Carbon County

Population

15,24714,549

Median household income

$60,161$66,721

Median home value

$174,900$214,500

Median gross rent

$792$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
Drove alone	76.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Horn County	Carbon County
Poverty rate	12.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1967	1973