Carroll County vs Cleburne County

A side-by-side comparison of Carroll County and Cleburne County: population, income, housing, and more.

Carroll County and Cleburne County are counties in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carroll County has the higher population (28,526 vs 25,048 in Cleburne County). Cleburne County has the higher median household income ($55,979 vs $55,187 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $174,600 in Cleburne County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
Population	28,526	25,048
Median age	44.7 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,187	$55,979
Median home value	$186,300	$174,600
Median gross rent	$818	$853
Housing units	13,916	15,641
Homeownership rate	77.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
Population	27,965 → 28,526 (+2.0%)	25,100 → 25,048 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$46,110 → $55,187 (+19.7%)	$44,483 → $55,979 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $186,300 (+36.1%)	$129,900 → $174,600 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $818 (+34.1%)	$704 → $853 (+21.2%)

Carroll County

Population

27,96528,526

Median household income

$46,110$55,187

Median home value

$136,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$610$818

Cleburne County

Population

25,10025,048

Median household income

$44,483$55,979

Median home value

$129,900$174,600

Median gross rent

$704$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.9%
75 and over	9.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
No high school diploma	16.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
Drove alone	70.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
1-unit, detached	76.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Cleburne County
Poverty rate	16.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1989	1988