County profile
Carbon County, UT
United States · GDP 2024
#1644 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,906
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
495
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,680
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
17.0%±3.1%
Business applications
298 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
35.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing13%
Transportation10%
Mining & energy9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,680
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+476
International migration+3
Natural change−299
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$228.5k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$870/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±2.4%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$19.9M
45 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 80Lightning 71Wildfire 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2112016
2142017
2242018
2432019
2632020
3192021
3942022
4302023
4432024
4582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 2021422021
642022
412023
1962024
452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
UP
Nearest port
915.4 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
115.8 km
PROVO MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.9k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carbon?
Carbon's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 11.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.