Carbon Hill is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,731 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carbon Hill is the 247th largest community in Alabama.

Of important note, Carbon Hill is also a city of artists. Carbon Hill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Carbon Hill’s character.

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.

Being a small city, Carbon Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Carbon Hill have a very low rate of college education: just 6.78% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Carbon Hill in 2022 was $16,871, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,484 for a family of four. Carbon Hill also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.30% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Carbon Hill is a very 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, Polish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Carbon Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.