Carolina vs River Falls

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

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

River Falls has the higher population (534 vs 250 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $33,281 in River Falls). Carolina has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $85,700 in River Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	River Falls
Population	250	534
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$33,281
Median home value	$100,000	$85,700
Median gross rent	$681	$761
Housing units	136	245
Homeownership rate	77.6%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	31.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	River Falls
Population	343 → 250 (-27.1%)	585 → 534 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $51,250 (+10.8%)	$34,917 → $33,281 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $100,000 (-15.8%)	$72,000 → $85,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $681 (-11.7%)	$672 → $761 (+13.2%)

Carolina

Population

343250

Median household income

$46,250$51,250

Median home value

$118,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$771$681

River Falls

Population

585534

Median household income

$34,917$33,281

Median home value

$72,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$672$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	River Falls
Under 5	1.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	27.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.1%
75 and over	2.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	57.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	River Falls
No high school diploma	11.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	River Falls
Drove alone	92.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	River Falls
1-unit, detached	64.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	River Falls
Poverty rate	8.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1991	1979