Carrollton vs The Colony

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

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

Carrollton has the higher population (132,741 vs 44,916 in The Colony). The Colony has the higher median household income ($111,090 vs $99,115 in Carrollton). The Colony has the higher median home value ($355,100 vs $353,600 in Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	The Colony
Population	132,741	44,916
Median age	38.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,115	$111,090
Median home value	$353,600	$355,100
Median gross rent	$1,674	$1,884
Housing units	53,557	19,022
Homeownership rate	58.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	The Colony
Population	135,834 → 132,741 (-2.3%)	43,005 → 44,916 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$78,306 → $99,115 (+26.6%)	$87,187 → $111,090 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$238,300 → $353,600 (+48.4%)	$231,700 → $355,100 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,674 (+35.4%)	$1,399 → $1,884 (+34.7%)

Carrollton

Population

135,834132,741

Median household income

$78,306$99,115

Median home value

$238,300$353,600

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,674

The Colony

Population

43,00544,916

Median household income

$87,187$111,090

Median home value

$231,700$355,100

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	The Colony
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	19.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.2%
75 and over	5.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	The Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	55.6%
Black or African American	9.1%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	16.3%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	The Colony
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	17.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	The Colony
Drove alone	69.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	21.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	The Colony
1-unit, detached	59.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	14.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	The Colony
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1988	2000