Carbon County vs Converse County

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

Carbon County and Converse 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 13,759 in Converse County). Converse County has the higher median household income ($79,164 vs $66,721 in Carbon County). Converse County has the higher median home value ($269,700 vs $214,500 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Converse County
Population	14,549	13,759
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,721	$79,164
Median home value	$214,500	$269,700
Median gross rent	$894	$930
Housing units	8,220	6,643
Homeownership rate	76.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Converse County
Population	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)	13,921 → 13,759 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)	$69,647 → $79,164 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)	$206,700 → $269,700 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)	$739 → $930 (+25.8%)

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

Converse County

Population

13,92113,759

Median household income

$69,647$79,164

Median home value

$206,700$269,700

Median gross rent

$739$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Converse County
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.6%
75 and over	7.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Converse County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Converse County
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Converse County
Drove alone	76.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	2.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Converse County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Converse County
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1973	1978