Carroll County vs Clarke County

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

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

Clarke County has the higher population (129,267 vs 122,187 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($72,327 vs $52,267 in Clarke County). Clarke County has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $227,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Clarke County
Population	122,187	129,267
Median age	35.3 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,327	$52,267
Median home value	$227,500	$271,900
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,162
Housing units	47,170	56,913
Homeownership rate	69.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Clarke County
Population	117,183 → 122,187 (+4.3%)	126,176 → 129,267 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$53,737 → $72,327 (+34.6%)	$38,623 → $52,267 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $227,500 (+65.1%)	$170,700 → $271,900 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,124 (+28.2%)	$856 → $1,162 (+35.7%)

Carroll County

Population

117,183122,187

Median household income

$53,737$72,327

Median home value

$137,800$227,500

Median gross rent

$877$1,124

Clarke County

Population

126,176129,267

Median household income

$38,623$52,267

Median home value

$170,700$271,900

Median gross rent

$856$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Clarke County
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	25.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.5%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Clarke County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	54.4%
Black or African American	20.3%	26.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Clarke County
No high school diploma	15.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Clarke County
Drove alone	75.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Clarke County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	17.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Clarke County
Poverty rate	15.6%	25.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1991	1987