Carrolltown vs South Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Carrolltown and South Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Carrolltown and South Fork are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carrolltown has the higher population (840 vs 823 in South Fork). Carrolltown has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $42,125 in South Fork). Carrolltown has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $50,200 in South Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Carrolltown	South Fork
Population	840	823
Median age	49.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$42,125
Median home value	$114,100	$50,200
Median gross rent	$667	$696
Housing units	384	425
Homeownership rate	93.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrolltown	South Fork
Population	791 → 840 (+6.2%)	1,001 → 823 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $57,500 (+0.0%)	$30,625 → $42,125 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $114,100 (+25.0%)	$44,500 → $50,200 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $667 (+14.6%)	$642 → $696 (+8.4%)

Carrolltown

Population

791840

Median household income

$57,500$57,500

Median home value

$91,300$114,100

Median gross rent

$582$667

South Fork

Population

1,001823

Median household income

$30,625$42,125

Median home value

$44,500$50,200

Median gross rent

$642$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrolltown	South Fork
Under 5	3.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	6.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.4%
75 and over	14.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrolltown	South Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrolltown	South Fork
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	53.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrolltown	South Fork
Drove alone	83.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrolltown	South Fork
1-unit, detached	92.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carrolltown	South Fork
Poverty rate	5.4%	19.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1944	1938