Carolina vs Heath

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina and Heath: population, income, housing, and more.

Carolina and Heath are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carolina has the higher population (250 vs 238 in Heath). Heath has the higher median household income ($63,463 vs $51,250 in Carolina). Since 2019, Heath's population has grown faster (-21.2% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Heath
Population	250	238
Median age	38.3 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$63,463
Median home value	$100,000	—
Median gross rent	$681	$380
Housing units	136	186
Homeownership rate	77.6%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Heath
Population	343 → 250 (-27.1%)	302 → 238 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $51,250 (+10.8%)	$29,167 → $63,463 (+117.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $100,000 (-15.8%)	$72,500 → $77,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $681 (-11.7%)	$555 → $380 (-31.5%)

Carolina

Population

343250

Median household income

$46,250$51,250

Median home value

$118,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$771$681

Heath

Population

302238

Median household income

$29,167$63,463

Median home value

$72,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$555$380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Heath
Under 5	1.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	38.2%
75 and over	2.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Heath
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Heath
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Heath
Drove alone	92.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Heath
1-unit, detached	64.0%	34.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	38.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Heath
Poverty rate	8.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.16	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1991	1974