Kansas · Census place 2010600
Carbondale, Kansas
Carbondale is a city in Osage County, Kansas with an estimated 1,306 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,306
- #161 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -43 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,789 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Carbondale population, 2020 to 2024
Carbondale lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Carbondale covers 0.73 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,789 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Carbondale is denser than the typical town.
What county Carbondale is in
All of Carbondale's residents live in Osage County, which had 15,737 residents in 2024. Carbondale holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carbondale
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carbondale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66414. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Carbondale is
The Census internal point of Carbondale is at 38.821800, -95.693200. Topeka, the capital, is 15.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Osage City, KS (2,799 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 14.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.821800, -95.693200
- DMS
- 38°49'18.48"N 95°41'35.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 266188.6E 4300448.2N
- Geohash
- 9yguy7q36
- Plus code
- 86C6R8C4+PP
Daylight in Carbondale
At 38.82° N, Carbondale gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carbondale
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 8.9 miles away, with 1,272 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carbondale, KS?
1,306 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (3.2%) from 1,349 in July 2020.
What county is Carbondale in?
Osage County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carbondale?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66414.
How far is Carbondale from Topeka?
15.6 miles (25.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Carbondale.
What is the nearest larger city to Carbondale?
Osage City, KS, with 2,799 residents, 14.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.