Carroll County vs Newton County

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

Carroll County and Newton 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 115,530 in Newton County). Newton County has the higher median household income ($73,732 vs $72,327 in Carroll County). Newton County has the higher median home value ($233,300 vs $227,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Newton County
Population	122,187	115,530
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,327	$73,732
Median home value	$227,500	$233,300
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,331
Housing units	47,170	42,836
Homeownership rate	69.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Newton County
Population	117,183 → 122,187 (+4.3%)	108,079 → 115,530 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$53,737 → $72,327 (+34.6%)	$56,316 → $73,732 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $227,500 (+65.1%)	$151,800 → $233,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,124 (+28.2%)	$1,010 → $1,331 (+31.8%)

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

Newton County

Population

108,079115,530

Median household income

$56,316$73,732

Median home value

$151,800$233,300

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Newton County
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.4%
75 and over	5.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Newton County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	40.4%
Black or African American	20.3%	47.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Newton County
No high school diploma	15.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Newton County
Drove alone	75.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Newton County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Newton County
Poverty rate	15.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1991	1998