Census-designated place · Carbon County, Utah

Carbonville, Utah

Carbonville is a census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah, part of the Price, UT metro area. It has 1,636 residents. Carbonville, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,263 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #168 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), unemployment rate (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), social associations (low) and broadband subscriptions (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,263 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #168 of 175 in UT
Population: 1,636 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 292.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4910440

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,965/15,637
Economy63#5,799/15,631
Housing71#4,337/14,977
Health24#11,855/15,609
Healthcare45#8,663/15,650
Environment98#377/15,453
Education44#8,790/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,330/15,650
Community21#12,354/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,936/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Carbonville, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carbon County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Average commute time · low10.4 min
99/100Utah 22.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Utah 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.8 µg/m³
97/100Utah 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCarbon County value
Child poverty rate · low0.0%
93/100Utah 8.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Dentists · high102 /100k
91/100Utah 70 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarbon County value
Public EV charging ports · high13.5 /10k
89/100Utah 9.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCarbon County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACarbon County value
Social associations · low3.4 /10k
2/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarbon County value
Broadband subscriptions · low79.3%
2/100Utah 93.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Pharmacies · low0.5 /10k
3/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarbon County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Utah 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarbon County value
Depression · high29.6%
5/100Utah 26.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,346 (2015-2019) → 1,636 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+133%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
14.0% (2015-2019) → 28.8% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
25.8 min (2015-2019) → 10.4 min (2020-2024)
−60%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateImproving
12.4% (2015-2019) → 4.1% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Carbonville, Utah improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Commute−15.4 min25.8 min → 10.4 min

Declined1

Price / income+2.9×2.1× → 5.0×

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Carbonville, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.8 min2015-2019	10.4 min2020-2024	−15.4 min	Improved	100%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	79.3%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.60%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	89.4%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+2.9×	Declined	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3432015-2019	0.3642020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$66,0812015-2019	$67,1932020-2024	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Carbonville, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carbonville, Utah in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Carbonville, Utah itself moved −10.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,636 residents (±362)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

651 households (±137)

Carbonville, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k17%†108
$25k–50k14%†93
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

651 households (±137)

Carbonville, Utah
Utah share

Own67%436
Rent33%†215

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

751 workers (±205)

Carbonville, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone77%†579
Carpool21%†157
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Price, UT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Carbon County, the county holding most of Carbonville's residents.

Carbon County has 495 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Utah's), with 5,906 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,665. The Census Bureau also counts 1,350 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 495; 1,350 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 5,906
Average annual pay: $48,665; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Carbon County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	54	26.2	1.26×More than typical	497	$53,608	44
Restaurants and other eating places	35	17	0.92×About typical	645	$14,994	4
Specialty trade contractors	28	13.6	0.88×About typical	241	$57,461	93
Building equipment contractors	18	8.7	1.45×More than typical	132	$53,977	13
Limited-service restaurants	17	8.2	1.03×About typical	378	$15,122	—
Construction of buildings	14	6.8	0.90×About typical	51	$25,804	28
Full-service restaurants	14	6.8	0.88×About typical	247	$15,113	—
Offices of dentists	14	6.8	1.69×More than typical	110	$39,164	—
Offices of physicians	14	6.8	1.05×About typical	173	$77,665	14
Lessors of real estate	13	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	31	$19,129	165
Truck transportation	13	6.3	1.25×About typical	280	$61,468	19
Gasoline stations	12	5.8	1.79×More than typical	165	$20,061	—

Rank places for an industry Open Carbon County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,622 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $456.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Carbonville, Utah: $279 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $456.9K; +1,574% vs FY2025
Per resident: $279; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 84%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$457.1K100%
Bureau of Land Management$9880.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

8.8KFY2017
47.9KFY2018
15.9KFY2019
13KFY2020
66.7KFY2021
57.1KFY2022
43KFY2023
343.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$269.6K59%
Special food services · 7223$55.1K12%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$31.5K6.9%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$29.6K6.5%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$22.1K4.8%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$5,936

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Carbonville, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

Carbonville, Utah's figures are part of those of Carbon County, UT ($33.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Carbonville is mostly in Carbon County.

See federal money in Carbon County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Carbonville, Utah is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike KennedyR-UT-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Carbon County47100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Price, UT34

Other cities and towns in Carbon County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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