Carroll County vs Jones County

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

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

Jones County has the higher population (20,799 vs 20,677 in Carroll County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($73,071 vs $68,528 in Carroll County). Jones County has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $175,700 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Jones County
Population	20,677	20,799
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,528	$73,071
Median home value	$175,700	$183,400
Median gross rent	$722	$759
Housing units	9,508	8,882
Homeownership rate	75.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Jones County
Population	20,281 → 20,677 (+2.0%)	20,559 → 20,799 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$59,212 → $68,528 (+15.7%)	$57,549 → $73,071 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $175,700 (+26.5%)	$138,400 → $183,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $722 (+16.3%)	$641 → $759 (+18.4%)

Carroll County

Population

20,28120,677

Median household income

$59,212$68,528

Median home value

$138,900$175,700

Median gross rent

$621$722

Jones County

Population

20,55920,799

Median household income

$57,549$73,071

Median home value

$138,400$183,400

Median gross rent

$641$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Jones County
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.2%
75 and over	9.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Jones County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Jones County
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Jones County
Drove alone	83.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Jones County
1-unit, detached	80.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Jones County
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1964	1969