Carrollton vs Roodhouse

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (2,528 vs 1,662 in Roodhouse). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $51,667 in Roodhouse). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $70,300 in Roodhouse).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
Population	2,528	1,662
Median age	36.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,464	$51,667
Median home value	$114,100	$70,300
Median gross rent	$920	$703
Housing units	1,138	835
Homeownership rate	65.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
Population	2,544 → 2,528 (-0.6%)	1,757 → 1,662 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$56,523 → $64,464 (+14.0%)	$35,227 → $51,667 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $114,100 (+27.8%)	$56,000 → $70,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $920 (+27.6%)	$676 → $703 (+4.0%)

Carrollton

Population

2,5442,528

Median household income

$56,523$64,464

Median home value

$89,300$114,100

Median gross rent

$721$920

Roodhouse

Population

1,7571,662

Median household income

$35,227$51,667

Median home value

$56,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$676$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
Under 5	10.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
Drove alone	76.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
1-unit, detached	82.2%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Roodhouse
Poverty rate	10.2%	23.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1960	1953