Carbon County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 57,18388.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,1136.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,6382.5%Two or more races
  • 1,1171.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2860.4%Asian alone
  • 1060.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 580.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $240,102

Here:	$240,102
State:	$317,202

Townhouses or other attached units: $119,240

Here:	$119,240
State:	$254,369

In 2-unit structures: $134,143

Here:	$134,143
State:	$249,182

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $267,473

Here:	$267,473
State:	$297,446

Mobile homes: $60,365

Here:	$60,365
State:	$92,414

Health of residents in Carbon County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,918 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,609 (1.4%)

Area name: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carbon County is $636 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $753 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $974 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lehighton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Indian Mountain Lake, Lansford, Nesquehoning, Summit Hill, Weatherly, Towamensing Trails, Weissport East.

Neighboring counties: Erie County, Ohio , Uintah County, Utah , Hamilton County, Nebraska , Schuylkill County , Marshall County, Illinois .

Current college students: 1,770
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,457 (62.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3252010 or later
• 4242000 to 2009
• 7431990 to 1999
• 1641980 to 1989
• 2091970 to 1979
• 493Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,174
• One, attached: 5,517
• Two: 746
• 3 or 4: 380
• 5 to 9: 358
• 10 to 19: 167
• 20 to 49: 78
• 50 or more: 538
• Mobile homes: 1,436

Housing units in Carbon County with a mortgage: 12,206 (1,349 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 1,024 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,525

Religion statistics for Carbon County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Carbon County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared EM-3340: September 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 3340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 23, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1649: June 30, 2006, FEMA Id: 1649, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan, Incident Period: September 17, 2004 to October 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1557: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1557, Natural disaster type: Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 19, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3180: March 14, 2003, FEMA Id: 3180, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• Pennsylvania Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to February 01, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1093: January 21, 1996, FEMA Id: 1093, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Pennsylvania Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1085: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1085, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• Pennsylvania Winter Storm, Severe Storm, Incident Period: January 04, 1994 to February 25, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1015: March 10, 1994, FEMA Id: 1015, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Storm
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.94% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($56,541 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.26% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($37,055 average AGI)
1.68% relocated from other states ($19,486 average AGI)

Carbon County:	1.68%
Pennsylvania average:	2.30%

from Lehigh County, PA	1.19% ($44,764 average AGI)
from Northampton County, PA	0.94% ($46,818)
from Luzerne County, PA	0.65% ($41,938)
from Schuylkill County, PA	0.58% ($41,494)
from Monroe County, PA	0.58% ($42,386)
from Bucks County, PA	0.22% ($75,333)
from Montgomery County, PA	0.21% ($81,914)

5.59% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($55,378 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.00% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($33,982 average AGI)
1.59% relocated to other states ($21,396 average AGI)

Carbon County:	1.59%
Pennsylvania average:	2.47%

to Lehigh County, PA	0.76% ($48,673 average AGI)
to Schuylkill County, PA	0.73% ($44,843)
to Northampton County, PA	0.56% ($46,527)
to Luzerne County, PA	0.54% ($48,538)
to Monroe County, PA	0.46% ($44,715)
to Berks County, PA	0.14% ($64,000)
to Montgomery County, PA	0.12% ($56,719)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Carbon County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 14,573 (3,563 living alone), Female householders: 13,393 (3,587 living alone)

• 13,779 spouses (13,529 opposite-sex spouses), 3,469 unmarried partners, (3,469 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,811 children (15,310 natural, 483 adopted, 1,018 stepchildren), 923 grandchildren, 343 brothers or sisters, 524 parents, 0 foster children, 383 other relatives, 432 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 830

Size of family households: 8,781 2-persons, 5,345 3-persons, 1,466 4-persons, 2,371 5-persons, 510 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,150 1-person, 2,182 2-persons, 91 3-persons.

7,273 married couples with children.
4,082 single-parent households (1,841 men, 2,241 women).

93.5% of residents of Carbon speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $398,121,000 ($6,506 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $53,981,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $192,247,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $104,761,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $789,000
Federal grants: $41,880,000
Federal procurement contracts: $50,626,000 ($48,028,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,817,000 ($637,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $42,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,574,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,083,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+63 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 23.51 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

• Year house built in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• 1702020 or later
• 1,0832010 to 2019
• 4,0532000 to 2009
• 3,6951990 to 1999
• 3,6201980 to 1989
• 4,6331970 to 1979
• 1,6141960 to 1969
• 1,9071950 to 1959
• 1,9771940 to 1949
• 11,6421939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• 1991 room
• 02 rooms
• 3973 rooms
• 2,1914 rooms
• 4,0935 rooms
• 4,0626 rooms
• 4,1407 rooms
• 3,0688 rooms
• 3,3969+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• 1771 room
• 2182 rooms
• 3983 rooms
• 8244 rooms
• 1,6995 rooms
• 9056 rooms
• 9667 rooms
• 2108 rooms
• 1,0239+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• 199no bedroom
• 4461 bedroom
• 4,7082 bedrooms
• 11,3093 bedrooms
• 3,9664 bedrooms
• 9185+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• 177no bedroom
• 1,1271 bedroom
• 1,6212 bedrooms
• 2,4113 bedrooms
• 8794 bedrooms
• 2055+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carbon County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 630no vehicle
• 5,9511 vehicle
• 7,9152 vehicles
• 5,0743 vehicles
• 1,6194 vehicles
• 3575+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carbon County in renter-occupied apartments
• 738no vehicle
• 2,9031 vehicle
• 1,6122 vehicles
• 7013 vehicles
• 1274 vehicles
• 3395+ vehicles

91.0% of Carbon County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 52,060
• Other state: 10,433
• Northeast: 6,412
• Midwest: 1,743
• South: 1,698
• West: 580

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,198
• Number of aged recipients: 88
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,110
• Number of recipients under 18: 206
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 812
• Number of recipients older than 64: 180
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 455
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 526

Carbon County on our top lists:

• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"