Carrollton vs Ethelsville

A side-by-side comparison of Carrollton and Ethelsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrollton has the higher population (892 vs 86 in Ethelsville). Ethelsville has the higher median household income ($68,571 vs $29,957 in Carrollton). Ethelsville has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $142,000 in Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
Population	892	86
Median age	31.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,957	$68,571
Median home value	$142,000	$170,500
Housing units	375	39
Homeownership rate	59.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
Population	1,055 → 892 (-15.5%)	191 → 86 (-55.0%)
Median household income	$27,063 → $29,957 (+10.7%)	$39,167 → $68,571 (+75.1%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $142,000 (+35.0%)	$150,000 → $170,500 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $460 (+9.5%)	—

Carrollton

Population

1,055892

Median household income

$27,063$29,957

Median home value

$105,200$142,000

Median gross rent

$420$460

Ethelsville

Population

19186

Median household income

$39,167$68,571

Median home value

$150,000$170,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
Under 5	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	2.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	33.7%
25 to 34	22.5%	3.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	25.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	22.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	3.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	36.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
No high school diploma	19.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
Drove alone	80.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
1-unit, detached	61.6%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Ethelsville
Poverty rate	15.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	17
Median year structure built	1974	1981