Carrollton vs Temple

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (27,058 vs 5,655 in Temple). Temple has the higher median household income ($89,269 vs $51,553 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $210,800 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Temple
Population	27,058	5,655
Median age	27.5 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,553	$89,269
Median home value	$283,100	$210,800
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,482
Housing units	10,708	1,974
Homeownership rate	39.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Temple
Population	26,570 → 27,058 (+1.8%)	4,549 → 5,655 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$42,942 → $51,553 (+20.1%)	$58,594 → $89,269 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $283,100 (+82.3%)	$122,100 → $210,800 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,067 (+26.3%)	$881 → $1,482 (+68.2%)

Carrollton

Population

26,57027,058

Median household income

$42,942$51,553

Median home value

$155,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,067

Temple

Population

4,5495,655

Median household income

$58,594$89,269

Median home value

$122,100$210,800

Median gross rent

$881$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Temple
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	25.3%
18 to 24	22.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	6.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.9%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	73.5%
Black or African American	36.9%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Temple
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Temple
Drove alone	70.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	20.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Temple
1-unit, detached	47.6%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Temple
Poverty rate	27.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.43	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1988	2002