Carrollton vs Sanders

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

Carrollton and Sanders 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 469 in Sanders). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $78,100 in Sanders). Since 2019, Sanders's population has grown faster (+145.5% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Sanders
Population	3,894	469
Median age	34.0 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,788	—
Median home value	$122,400	$78,100
Median gross rent	$862	—
Housing units	1,613	153
Homeownership rate	37.0%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Sanders
Population	3,811 → 3,894 (+2.2%)	191 → 469 (+145.5%)
Median household income	$40,061 → $58,788 (+46.7%)	$31,875 → $36,557 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $122,400 (-10.3%)	$66,300 → $78,100 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $862 (+38.6%)	$520 → $521 (+0.2%)

Carrollton

Population

3,8113,894

Median household income

$40,061$58,788

Median home value

$136,400$122,400

Median gross rent

$622$862

Sanders

Population

191469

Median household income

$31,875$36,557

Median home value

$66,300$78,100

Median gross rent

$520$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Sanders
Under 5	5.2%	12.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	23.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.1%
75 and over	3.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Sanders
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.9%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Sanders
No high school diploma	12.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	63.8%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Sanders
Drove alone	86.2%	65.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	25.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Sanders
1-unit, detached	65.1%	76.5%
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%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Sanders
Poverty rate	12.1%	47.2%
Average household size	2.58	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	2012