HomeColoradoGarfield CountyCarbondale town
Carbondale town, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Carbondale town is a Census town of 6,637 people across 2.08 square miles of land, in Garfield County. Median household income is $108,324, 63.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 31 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $19.0 m.
77 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections
Carbondale
What Carbondale is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.08 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,196
- County holding the largest share of its areaGarfield County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
How many people live in Carbondale
- Population6,637
- Median age43.7
- Population under 181,107 plus or minus 280
- Share under 1816.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over1,322 plus or minus 271
- Share 65 and over19.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households2,816
- Family households1,728
- Share of households that are families61.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
Income and work in Carbondale
- Median household income$108,324
- Per capita income$56,354
- Civilian labor force4,119
- Employed4,020
- Unemployed99 plus or minus 69
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over5,101
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher53.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
Housing in Carbondale
- Housing units2,956
- Occupied units2,816
- Vacant units140 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,794
- Renter occupied1,022
- Ownership rate63.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$900,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,167
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units1,895
- Share single family64.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more903 plus or minus 240
- Share in buildings of two or more30.5 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes158 plus or minus 121
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
How Carbondale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,229
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,029 plus or minus 268
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.9 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,459 plus or minus 383
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Drove alone60.3 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked4.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home19.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
SBA 7(a) lending to Carbondale borrowers
- Approvals31
- Gross approval$19,039,300
- Average approval$614,171
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,085,700
- Largest approval$4,650,000
- Jobs supported433
- Jobs per approval14.0
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.7 percent
- Share to franchises12.9 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS20
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carbondale
SBA 504 lending to Carbondale borrowers
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$9,337,000
- Average approval$518,722
- Median approval$528,000
- Largest approval$1,497,000
- Jobs supported77
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Garfield County, not Carbondale
Garfield County context, not Carbondale figures
These are Garfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carbondale measurements.
- Establishments in Garfield County2,705
- Employment at those establishments, Garfield County21,223
- Covered employment, Garfield County27,766
- Average annual pay, Garfield County$64,549
- Average weekly wage, Garfield County$1,241
- Housing units permitted, Garfield County174
- Of those, single family, Garfield County108
- County product, 2024, Garfield County$5,010,959,000
- County product change over the prior year, Garfield County2.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Garfield County$111,315
Every figure in this section is published for Garfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Carbondale. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Carbondale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carbondale, Colorado?
6,637, in 2,816 households. Carbondale town covers 2.08 square miles of land, which is 3,196 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carbondale in?
Garfield County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Carbondale?
$108,324. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $900,600. Median gross rent is $2,167 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carbondale businesses?
31 7(a) approvals totalling $19.0 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $9.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carbondale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carbondale borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Carbondale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Garfield County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Carbondale.
Is zoning published for Carbondale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby