Carroll Valley vs McSherrystown

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

Carroll Valley and McSherrystown 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 3,094 in McSherrystown). Carroll Valley has the higher median household income ($90,505 vs $70,890 in McSherrystown). Carroll Valley has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $188,200 in McSherrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
Population	3,962	3,094
Median age	45.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,505	$70,890
Median home value	$287,400	$188,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,365
Housing units	1,673	1,269
Homeownership rate	96.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
Population	3,919 → 3,962 (+1.1%)	3,071 → 3,094 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$97,292 → $90,505 (-7.0%)	$50,114 → $70,890 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $287,400 (+20.4%)	$158,200 → $188,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,451 (+5.5%)	$912 → $1,365 (+49.7%)

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

McSherrystown

Population

3,0713,094

Median household income

$50,114$70,890

Median home value

$158,200$188,200

Median gross rent

$912$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
Under 5	7.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.1%
75 and over	5.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
Drove alone	75.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
1-unit, detached	96.7%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carroll Valley	McSherrystown
Poverty rate	5.7%	23.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1994	1972