Carbon County vs Teton County

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

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

Teton County has the higher population (23,358 vs 14,549 in Carbon County). Teton County has the higher median household income ($112,681 vs $66,721 in Carbon County). Teton County has the higher median home value ($1,371,900 vs $214,500 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Teton County
Population	14,549	23,358
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,721	$112,681
Median home value	$214,500	$1,371,900
Median gross rent	$894	$1,758
Housing units	8,220	13,503
Homeownership rate	76.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	61.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Teton County
Population	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)	23,280 → 23,358 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)	$84,678 → $112,681 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)	$866,600 → $1,371,900 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)	$1,376 → $1,758 (+27.8%)

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

Teton County

Population

23,28023,358

Median household income

$84,678$112,681

Median home value

$866,600$1,371,900

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Teton County
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.5%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Teton County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Teton County
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Teton County
Drove alone	76.2%	62.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	2.2%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	14.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Teton County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Teton County
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1973	1989