East Carbon

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East Carbon

Total population

1,336

Median home value

$90,000

11.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$37,991

East Carbon$38k

National$74k

Coordinates39.53°, -110.43°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

East Carbon is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,567 as of 2022. East Carbon was incorporated on July 23, 1973, from the merger of the two struggling mining towns of Dragerton and Columbia. On January 1, 2014, the city merged with the neighboring city of Sunnyside to become East Carbon-Sunnyside, but later changed to East Carbon City.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kevin J Worthen

President of Brigham Young University

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Utah

• Wellington
  16.3 mi away
• Price
  20.4 mi away · pop. 8,248
• Carbonville
  22.5 mi away
• West Wood
  22.6 mi away
• Kenilworth
  22.9 mi away · pop. 127
• Spring Glen
  23.8 mi away
• Helper
  25.3 mi away · pop. 2,698
• Cleveland
  26 mi away · pop. 378
• Huntington
  31.7 mi away
• Clear Creek
  39.4 mi away
• Green River
  39.7 mi away · pop. 720
• Duchesne
  44.4 mi away

Browse all places in Utah →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about East Carbon

Surface and subsurface correlation of the Green River Formation in central Nine Mile Canyon, SW Uinta Basin, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, east-central Utah

2002

Evolution of sedimentary basins--Eastern Great Basin

Harry E. Cook · 1900

Cambro-Ordovician studies IV

J. R. Laurie · 2011

Pipelines 2015

Md.) Pipelines (Conference) (2015 Baltimore · 2015

American Film

American Film Institute · 1975

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Slough Canyon, Grand, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 29 mi
• Wildfire Black Canyon, Sanpete, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 48 mi
• Wildfire Rocky Canyon, Morgan, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 116 mi
• Wildfire Widemouth 2, Millard, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 124 mi
• Wildfire Tom Creek, Tooele, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 125 mi
• Wildfire 310, Garfield, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 131 mi
• Wildfire Brushy Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-27 · 162 mi
• Wildfire Johnson Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 189 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-23

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Seen 2026-09-23

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-23

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel

Ammospermophilus leucurus

Seen 2026-09-23

White-tailed Prairie Dog

Cynomys leucurus

Seen 2026-09-23

Smallflower Fishhook Cactus

Sclerocactus parviflorus

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Uta stansburiana

Seen 2026-09-23

Fourwing Saltbush

Atriplex canescens

Seen 2026-08-26

Yellow Salsify

Tragopogon dubius

Seen 2026-08-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).