The overall crime rate in Carbon Hill is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Carbon Hill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Carbon Hill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Carbon Hill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.22 minutes every day commuting to work.
Carbon Hill is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Carbon Hill has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.63% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Carbon Hill in 2022 was $16,923, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,692 for a family of four. Carbon Hill also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Carbon Hill is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carbon Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carbon Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carbon Hill include Irish, English, European, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Carbon Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
