Carroll County vs Leslie County

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

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

Carroll County has the higher population (10,878 vs 10,261 in Leslie County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($57,753 vs $40,176 in Leslie County). Carroll County has the higher median home value ($129,800 vs $74,100 in Leslie County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Leslie County
Population	10,878	10,261
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,753	$40,176
Median home value	$129,800	$74,100
Median gross rent	$853	$520
Housing units	4,682	4,913
Homeownership rate	64.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Leslie County
Population	10,671 → 10,878 (+1.9%)	10,283 → 10,261 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$43,524 → $57,753 (+32.7%)	$31,627 → $40,176 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $129,800 (+12.0%)	$64,100 → $74,100 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $853 (+31.2%)	$517 → $520 (+0.6%)

Carroll County

Population

10,67110,878

Median household income

$43,524$57,753

Median home value

$115,900$129,800

Median gross rent

$650$853

Leslie County

Population

10,28310,261

Median household income

$31,627$40,176

Median home value

$64,100$74,100

Median gross rent

$517$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Leslie County
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.7%
75 and over	6.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Leslie County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Leslie County
No high school diploma	16.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Leslie County
Drove alone	79.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Leslie County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Leslie County
Poverty rate	18.9%	27.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1983	1983