Carrollton vs Ghent

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (3,894 vs 272 in Ghent). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($58,788 vs $50,694 in Ghent). Ghent has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $122,400 in Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Ghent
Population	3,894	272
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,788	$50,694
Median home value	$122,400	$126,100
Median gross rent	$862	$994
Housing units	1,613	170
Homeownership rate	37.0%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Ghent
Population	3,811 → 3,894 (+2.2%)	407 → 272 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$40,061 → $58,788 (+46.7%)	$44,444 → $50,694 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $122,400 (-10.3%)	$76,200 → $126,100 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $862 (+38.6%)	$763 → $994 (+30.3%)

Carrollton

Population

3,8113,894

Median household income

$40,061$58,788

Median home value

$136,400$122,400

Median gross rent

$622$862

Ghent

Population

407272

Median household income

$44,444$50,694

Median home value

$76,200$126,100

Median gross rent

$763$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Ghent
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	25.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Ghent
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Ghent
No high school diploma	12.5%	32.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Ghent
Drove alone	86.2%	86.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	3.9%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Ghent
1-unit, detached	65.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Ghent
Poverty rate	12.1%	26.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1970	1974