Carbon County vs Lincoln County

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

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (20,158 vs 14,549 in Carbon County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($86,092 vs $66,721 in Carbon County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $214,500 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
Population	14,549	20,158
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,721	$86,092
Median home value	$214,500	$334,500
Median gross rent	$894	$868
Housing units	8,220	9,763
Homeownership rate	76.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
Population	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)	19,274 → 20,158 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)	$66,964 → $86,092 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)	$246,400 → $334,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)	$852 → $868 (+1.9%)

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

Lincoln County

Population

19,27420,158

Median household income

$66,964$86,092

Median home value

$246,400$334,500

Median gross rent

$852$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.5%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	76.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1973	1988