Carroll vs Coon Rapids

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

Carroll and Coon Rapids 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 1,403 in Coon Rapids). Coon Rapids has the higher median household income ($64,338 vs $59,323 in Carroll). Carroll has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $129,300 in Coon Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
Population	10,261	1,403
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,323	$64,338
Median home value	$184,100	$129,300
Median gross rent	$718	$760
Housing units	4,806	597
Homeownership rate	66.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
Population	9,904 → 10,261 (+3.6%)	1,263 → 1,403 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$47,534 → $59,323 (+24.8%)	$49,464 → $64,338 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $184,100 (+24.0%)	$88,600 → $129,300 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $718 (+13.4%)	$619 → $760 (+22.8%)

Carroll

Population

9,90410,261

Median household income

$47,534$59,323

Median home value

$148,500$184,100

Median gross rent

$633$718

Coon Rapids

Population

1,2631,403

Median household income

$49,464$64,338

Median home value

$88,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$619$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.1%
75 and over	11.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
Drove alone	83.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
1-unit, detached	70.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Carroll	Coon Rapids
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1971	1944