Arcadia vs Carroll

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Carroll: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcadia and Carroll are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carroll has the higher population (10,261 vs 859 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($69,408 vs $59,323 in Carroll). Carroll has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $139,500 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Carroll
Population	859	10,261
Median age	22.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,408	$59,323
Median home value	$139,500	$184,100
Median gross rent	$816	$718
Housing units	271	4,806
Homeownership rate	63.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Carroll
Population	507 → 859 (+69.4%)	9,904 → 10,261 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $69,408 (+8.9%)	$47,534 → $59,323 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $139,500 (+22.9%)	$148,500 → $184,100 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $816 (+53.1%)	$633 → $718 (+13.4%)

Arcadia

Population

507859

Median household income

$63,750$69,408

Median home value

$113,500$139,500

Median gross rent

$533$816

Carroll

Population

9,90410,261

Median household income

$47,534$59,323

Median home value

$148,500$184,100

Median gross rent

$633$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Carroll
Under 5	13.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	38.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	3.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	3.8%	11.5%
75 and over	2.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Carroll
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Carroll
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Carroll
Drove alone	86.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Carroll
1-unit, detached	93.7%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Carroll
Poverty rate	3.5%	10.4%
Average household size	3.27	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1978	1971