Carrollton vs Villa Rica

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

Carrollton and Villa Rica 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 17,798 in Villa Rica). Villa Rica has the higher median household income ($86,052 vs $51,553 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $250,700 in Villa Rica).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
Population	27,058	17,798
Median age	27.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,553	$86,052
Median home value	$283,100	$250,700
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,462
Housing units	10,708	6,725
Homeownership rate	39.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
Population	26,570 → 27,058 (+1.8%)	15,392 → 17,798 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$42,942 → $51,553 (+20.1%)	$63,241 → $86,052 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $283,100 (+82.3%)	$162,800 → $250,700 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,067 (+26.3%)	$1,071 → $1,462 (+36.5%)

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

Villa Rica

Population

15,39217,798

Median household income

$63,241$86,052

Median home value

$162,800$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	22.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	6.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.4%
75 and over	4.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	38.6%
Black or African American	36.9%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
No high school diploma	12.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
Drove alone	70.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
1-unit, detached	47.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	7.8%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Villa Rica
Poverty rate	27.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1988	2003