Carrollton vs Smithfield

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

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

Smithfield has the higher population (8,729 vs 7,903 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($113,813 vs $110,182 in Smithfield). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $358,100 in Smithfield).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Smithfield
Population	7,903	8,729
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,813	$110,182
Median home value	$381,900	$358,100
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,182
Housing units	3,254	3,646
Homeownership rate	70.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Smithfield
Population	6,442 → 7,903 (+22.7%)	8,367 → 8,729 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$94,865 → $113,813 (+20.0%)	$67,607 → $110,182 (+63.0%)
Median home value	$290,200 → $381,900 (+31.6%)	$282,800 → $358,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,793 (+37.3%)	$925 → $1,182 (+27.8%)

Carrollton

Population

6,4427,903

Median household income

$94,865$113,813

Median home value

$290,200$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,793

Smithfield

Population

8,3678,729

Median household income

$67,607$110,182

Median home value

$282,800$358,100

Median gross rent

$925$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Smithfield
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.7%
75 and over	3.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	21.2%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Smithfield
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Smithfield
Drove alone	81.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	12.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	66.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Smithfield
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	2005	1992