Carbon County vs Uinta County

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

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

Uinta County has the higher population (20,605 vs 14,549 in Carbon County). Uinta County has the higher median household income ($82,672 vs $66,721 in Carbon County). Uinta County has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $214,500 in Carbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon County	Uinta County
Population	14,549	20,605
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,721	$82,672
Median home value	$214,500	$255,400
Median gross rent	$894	$882
Housing units	8,220	8,868
Homeownership rate	76.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon County	Uinta County
Population	15,247 → 14,549 (-4.6%)	20,479 → 20,605 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$60,161 → $66,721 (+10.9%)	$63,403 → $82,672 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $214,500 (+22.6%)	$175,000 → $255,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $894 (+12.9%)	$698 → $882 (+26.4%)

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

Uinta County

Population

20,47920,605

Median household income

$63,403$82,672

Median home value

$175,000$255,400

Median gross rent

$698$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon County	Uinta County
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.7%
75 and over	7.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon County	Uinta County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon County	Uinta County
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon County	Uinta County
Drove alone	76.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon County	Uinta County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Carbon County	Uinta County
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1973	1984