Caroleen vs Chimney Rock Village

A side-by-side comparison of Caroleen and Chimney Rock Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Caroleen and Chimney Rock Village are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caroleen has the higher population (261 vs 131 in Chimney Rock Village). Caroleen has the higher median household income ($81,019 vs $67,656 in Chimney Rock Village). Since 2019, Chimney Rock Village's population has grown faster (-26.0% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
Population	261	131
Median age	25.0 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,019	$67,656
Median home value	—	$361,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,317
Housing units	161	179
Homeownership rate	70.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
Population	668 → 261 (-60.9%)	177 → 131 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$39,353 → $81,019 (+105.9%)	$32,375 → $67,656 (+109.0%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $111,300 (+3.9%)	$220,000 → $361,100 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$704 → $1,317 (+87.1%)

Caroleen

Population

668261

Median household income

$39,353$81,019

Median home value

$107,100$111,300

Chimney Rock Village

Population

177131

Median household income

$32,375$67,656

Median home value

$220,000$361,100

Median gross rent

$704$1,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	23.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	30.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	30.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	8.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
No high school diploma	10.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	14.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	75.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
Drove alone	92.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
1-unit, detached	88.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Caroleen	Chimney Rock Village
Poverty rate	13.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.42	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1958	1967