About Carbon Hill

Carbon Hill is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,486 people and just one neighborhood, Carbon Hill is the 152nd largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Carbon Hill is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.9% of the Carbon Hill workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Carbon Hill is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Carbon Hill who work in sales jobs (12.14%), office and administrative support jobs (10.28%), and teaching (4.83%).

Carbon Hill is a very car-oriented town. 99.1% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Carbon Hill is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Carbon Hill has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Carbon Hill is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Carbon Hill Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Carbon Hill ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 6.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carbon Hill in 2000 was $13,242, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $52,968 for a family of four.

The people who call Carbon Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Carbon Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carbon Hill include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Carbon Hill is English.