Carrollton vs Memphis

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

Carrollton and Memphis 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 27 in Memphis). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($29,957 vs $2,499 in Memphis). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $57,900 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Memphis
Population	892	27
Median age	31.8 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,957	$2,499
Median home value	$142,000	$57,900
Housing units	375	22
Homeownership rate	59.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Memphis
Population	1,055 → 892 (-15.5%)	24 → 27 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$27,063 → $29,957 (+10.7%)	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $142,000 (+35.0%)	$93,900 → $57,900 (-38.3%)
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

Memphis

Population

2427

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Median home value

$93,900$57,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Memphis
Under 5	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	40.7%
25 to 34	22.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	22.2%
75 and over	3.4%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	44.4%
Black or African American	36.0%	55.6%
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	Memphis
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Memphis
Drove alone	80.9%	41.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	41.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Memphis
1-unit, detached	61.6%	86.4%
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%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Memphis
Poverty rate	15.8%	40.7%
Average household size	2.36	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1974	1978