Carrollton vs Gordo

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

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

Gordo has the higher population (1,435 vs 892 in Carrollton). Gordo has the higher median household income ($46,863 vs $29,957 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $125,300 in Gordo).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Gordo
Population	892	1,435
Median age	31.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,957	$46,863
Median home value	$142,000	$125,300
Median gross rent	—	$523
Housing units	375	638
Homeownership rate	59.5%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Gordo
Population	1,055 → 892 (-15.5%)	1,660 → 1,435 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$27,063 → $29,957 (+10.7%)	$31,466 → $46,863 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $142,000 (+35.0%)	$112,900 → $125,300 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $460 (+9.5%)	$406 → $523 (+28.8%)

Carrollton

Population

1,055892

Median household income

$27,063$29,957

Median home value

$105,200$142,000

Median gross rent

$420$460

Gordo

Population

1,6601,435

Median household income

$31,466$46,863

Median home value

$112,900$125,300

Median gross rent

$406$523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Gordo
Under 5	13.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	21.4%
25 to 34	22.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.2%
75 and over	3.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Gordo
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	49.0%
Black or African American	36.0%	45.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Gordo
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Gordo
Drove alone	80.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.8%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Gordo
1-unit, detached	61.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Gordo
Poverty rate	15.8%	16.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1974	1968