Carroll County vs Fayette County

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

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

Carroll County has the higher population (122,187 vs 120,689 in Fayette County). Fayette County has the higher median household income ($108,986 vs $72,327 in Carroll County). Fayette County has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $227,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Fayette County
Population	122,187	120,689
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,327	$108,986
Median home value	$227,500	$405,600
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,787
Housing units	47,170	45,896
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Fayette County
Population	117,183 → 122,187 (+4.3%)	112,303 → 120,689 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$53,737 → $72,327 (+34.6%)	$90,145 → $108,986 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $227,500 (+65.1%)	$281,400 → $405,600 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,124 (+28.2%)	$1,326 → $1,787 (+34.8%)

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

Fayette County

Population

112,303120,689

Median household income

$90,145$108,986

Median home value

$281,400$405,600

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Fayette County
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Fayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	56.9%
Black or African American	20.3%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Fayette County
No high school diploma	15.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Fayette County
Drove alone	75.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	17.5%
Other means	1.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Fayette County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Fayette County
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1991	1993