Carbondale, Colorado Town of Carbondale, Colorado Location in Garfield County and the State of Colorado Location in Garfield County and the State of Colorado State Colorado The Town of Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
The town populace was 6427 at the 2010 United States Census.
The town is positioned in the Roaring Fork Valley, downstream from Aspen and upstream from the mouth of the Roaring Fork River at Glenwood Springs.
Carbondale's horizon is dominated by the 12,953 ft (3,952 m) tall Mount Sopris a several miles to the south of town.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Carbondale has a total region of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all of it land.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 37.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $52,429, and the median income for a family was $55,726.
Carbondale takes its name from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, hometown of some of Carbondale's early settlers. Carbondale's economy was initially agriculturally based.
Even with the non-geologic origins of the town's name, the Carbondale region does in fact possess momentous coal resources.
Until the late 1980s Carbondale's economy was primarily based on coal operations up the Crystal River Valley.
The rise of Aspen as a skiing mecca and subsequent hyperinflation of its real estate prices has forced a majority of its workers downvalley to other suburbs like Carbondale.
Carbondale is inside the Roaring Fork School District.
Carbondale Middle School Carbondale Community School Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) Roaring Fork Transportation Authority provides bus transit service in Carbondale.
State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Garfield County, Colorado United States Enumeration Bureau.
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin.
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