Carbon County vs Sublette County

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

Carbon County and Sublette 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 8,806 in Sublette County). Sublette County has the higher median household income ($82,791 vs $66,721 in Carbon County). Sublette County has the higher median home value ($350,100 vs $214,500 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Sublette County
Population	14,549	8,806
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,721	$82,791
Median home value	$214,500	$350,100
Median gross rent	$894	$1,116
Housing units	8,220	5,239
Homeownership rate	76.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Sublette County
Population	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)	9,880 → 8,806 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)	$77,403 → $82,791 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)	$275,100 → $350,100 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)

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

Sublette County

Population

9,8808,806

Median household income

$77,403$82,791

Median home value

$275,100$350,100

Median gross rent

$895$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Sublette County
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.8%
75 and over	7.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Sublette County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	90.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Sublette County
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Sublette County
Drove alone	76.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Sublette County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Sublette County
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1973	1984