Carrollton vs Pekin

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (3,073 vs 405 in Pekin). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($65,755 vs $52,333 in Pekin). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $88,400 in Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Pekin
Population	3,073	405
Median age	45.0 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,755	$52,333
Median home value	$129,400	$88,400
Median gross rent	$748	—
Housing units	1,485	176
Homeownership rate	80.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Pekin
Population	3,139 → 3,073 (-2.1%)	295 → 405 (+37.3%)
Median household income	$54,559 → $65,755 (+20.5%)	$45,250 → $52,333 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $129,400 (+11.6%)	$137,500 → $88,400 (-35.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $748 (+27.9%)	$672 → $688 (+2.4%)

Carrollton

Population

3,1393,073

Median household income

$54,559$65,755

Median home value

$115,900$129,400

Median gross rent

$585$748

Pekin

Population

295405

Median household income

$45,250$52,333

Median home value

$137,500$88,400

Median gross rent

$672$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Pekin
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	21.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.6%
75 and over	12.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Pekin
No high school diploma	11.3%	15.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	67.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Pekin
Drove alone	84.4%	52.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	30.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Pekin
1-unit, detached	78.5%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Pekin
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1959