Utah · Census place 4920890
East Carbon, Utah
East Carbon is a city in Carbon County, Utah with an estimated 1,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,566
- #135 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +0.5%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 11.3 sq mi
- Density
- 139 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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East Carbon population, 2020 to 2024
East Carbon added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
East Carbon covers 11.29 square miles of land, for 139 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so East Carbon is less dense than the typical town.
What county East Carbon is in
All of East Carbon's residents live in Carbon County, which had 20,613 residents in 2024. East Carbon holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in East Carbon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Carbon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84520. 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 East Carbon is
The Census internal point of East Carbon is at 39.533000, -110.429400. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 115.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wellington, UT (1,617 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 81.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.533000, -110.429400
- DMS
- 39°31'58.80"N 110°25'45.84"W
- UTM
- 12N 549036.6E 4376082.3N
- Geohash
- 9x12zhgb2
- Plus code
- 85FFGHMC+66
Daylight in East Carbon
At 39.53° N, East Carbon gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near East Carbon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Wellington, 16.3 miles away, with 1,617 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of East Carbon, UT?
1,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.5%) from 1,558 in July 2020.
What county is East Carbon in?
Carbon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover East Carbon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84520.
How far is East Carbon from Salt Lake City?
115.4 miles (185.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from East Carbon.
What is the nearest larger city to East Carbon?
Wellington, UT, with 1,617 residents, 16.3 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.