Carroll Valley vs Lake Meade

A side-by-side comparison of Carroll Valley and Lake Meade: population, income, housing, and more.

Carroll Valley and Lake Meade are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carroll Valley has the higher population (3,962 vs 2,398 in Lake Meade). Lake Meade has the higher median household income ($110,833 vs $90,505 in Carroll Valley). Lake Meade has the higher median home value ($291,900 vs $287,400 in Carroll Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
Population	3,962	2,398
Median age	45.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,505	$110,833
Median home value	$287,400	$291,900
Housing units	1,673	1,121
Homeownership rate	96.1%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
Population	3,919 → 3,962 (+1.1%)	2,569 → 2,398 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$97,292 → $90,505 (-7.0%)	$111,000 → $110,833 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $287,400 (+20.4%)	$230,100 → $291,900 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,451 (+5.5%)	—

Carroll Valley

Population

3,9193,962

Median household income

$97,292$90,505

Median home value

$238,800$287,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,451

Lake Meade

Population

2,5692,398

Median household income

$111,000$110,833

Median home value

$230,100$291,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
Under 5	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	15.0%
75 and over	5.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
Drove alone	75.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
1-unit, detached	96.7%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carroll Valley	Lake Meade
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1994	1987