Carrollton vs Macedonia

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

Carrollton and Macedonia 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 342 in Macedonia). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $93,700 in Macedonia). Since 2019, Macedonia's population has grown faster (+71.0% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Macedonia
Population	892	342
Median age	31.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,957	—
Median home value	$142,000	$93,700
Housing units	375	176
Homeownership rate	59.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	35.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Macedonia
Population	1,055 → 892 (-15.5%)	200 → 342 (+71.0%)
Median household income	$27,063 → $29,957 (+10.7%)	$44,038 → $63,947 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $142,000 (+35.0%)	$80,400 → $93,700 (+16.5%)
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

Macedonia

Population

200342

Median household income

$44,038$63,947

Median home value

$80,400$93,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Macedonia
Under 5	13.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	28.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	22.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	21.3%
75 and over	3.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Macedonia
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	8.5%
Black or African American	36.0%	91.5%
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	Macedonia
No high school diploma	19.6%	30.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Macedonia
Drove alone	80.9%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	10.8%
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	Macedonia
1-unit, detached	61.6%	31.3%
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%	68.8%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Macedonia
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.36	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	37	58
Median year structure built	1974	1996