Carrollton vs Prestonville

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

Carrollton and Prestonville 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 193 in Prestonville). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($58,788 vs $17,315 in Prestonville). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $75,300 in Prestonville).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Prestonville
Population	3,894	193
Median age	34.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,788	$17,315
Median home value	$122,400	$75,300
Median gross rent	$862	$850
Housing units	1,613	105
Homeownership rate	37.0%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Prestonville
Population	3,811 → 3,894 (+2.2%)	113 → 193 (+70.8%)
Median household income	$40,061 → $58,788 (+46.7%)	$24,886 → $17,315 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $122,400 (-10.3%)	$92,900 → $75,300 (-18.9%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $862 (+38.6%)	$635 → $850 (+33.9%)

Carrollton

Population

3,8113,894

Median household income

$40,061$58,788

Median home value

$136,400$122,400

Median gross rent

$622$862

Prestonville

Population

113193

Median household income

$24,886$17,315

Median home value

$92,900$75,300

Median gross rent

$635$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Prestonville
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.8%
75 and over	3.8%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Prestonville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.2%
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%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Prestonville
No high school diploma	12.5%	38.2%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Prestonville
Drove alone	86.2%	55.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	3.9%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Prestonville
1-unit, detached	65.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Prestonville
Poverty rate	12.1%	42.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1970	1966