Carroll vs Glidden

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

Carroll and Glidden 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 1,153 in Glidden). Glidden has the higher median household income ($73,393 vs $59,323 in Carroll). Carroll has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $159,700 in Glidden).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll	Glidden
Population	10,261	1,153
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,323	$73,393
Median home value	$184,100	$159,700
Median gross rent	$718	$531
Housing units	4,806	496
Homeownership rate	66.8%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll	Glidden
Population	9,904 → 10,261 (+3.6%)	1,131 → 1,153 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$47,534 → $59,323 (+24.8%)	$65,625 → $73,393 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $184,100 (+24.0%)	$108,800 → $159,700 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $718 (+13.4%)	$606 → $531 (-12.4%)

Carroll

Population

9,90410,261

Median household income

$47,534$59,323

Median home value

$148,500$184,100

Median gross rent

$633$718

Glidden

Population

1,1311,153

Median household income

$65,625$73,393

Median home value

$108,800$159,700

Median gross rent

$606$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll	Glidden
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.6%
75 and over	11.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll	Glidden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll	Glidden
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll	Glidden
Drove alone	83.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll	Glidden
1-unit, detached	70.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Carroll	Glidden
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1971	1954