It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Carbon Hill has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Carbon Hill has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Carbon Hill than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Carbon Hill may be for you.
One downside of living in Carbon Hill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.53 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Carbon Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Carbon Hill has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.87% 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 $17,746, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,984 for a family of four. However, Carbon Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, German, Polish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Carbon Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
