Carrollton vs Pickensville

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

Carrollton and Pickensville 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 776 in Pickensville). Pickensville has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $29,957 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $140,400 in Pickensville).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Pickensville
Population	892	776
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,957	$46,667
Median home value	$142,000	$140,400
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	375	442
Homeownership rate	59.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Pickensville
Population	1,055 → 892 (-15.5%)	798 → 776 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$27,063 → $29,957 (+10.7%)	$40,313 → $46,667 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $142,000 (+35.0%)	$82,900 → $140,400 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $460 (+9.5%)	$735 → $842 (+14.6%)

Carrollton

Population

1,055892

Median household income

$27,063$29,957

Median home value

$105,200$142,000

Median gross rent

$420$460

Pickensville

Population

798776

Median household income

$40,313$46,667

Median home value

$82,900$140,400

Median gross rent

$735$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Pickensville
Under 5	13.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	5.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	22.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	24.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.0%
75 and over	3.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Pickensville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	47.3%
Black or African American	36.0%	52.1%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Pickensville
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	35.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Pickensville
Drove alone	80.9%	94.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Pickensville
1-unit, detached	61.6%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.8%
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%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Pickensville
Poverty rate	15.8%	27.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1974	1987