Carroll County vs Martin County

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

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

Martin County has the higher population (11,181 vs 10,878 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($57,753 vs $46,185 in Martin County). Carroll County has the higher median home value ($129,800 vs $84,900 in Martin County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Martin County
Population	10,878	11,181
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,753	$46,185
Median home value	$129,800	$84,900
Median gross rent	$853	$441
Housing units	4,682	4,847
Homeownership rate	64.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Martin County
Population	10,671 → 10,878 (+1.9%)	11,648 → 11,181 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$43,524 → $57,753 (+32.7%)	$41,013 → $46,185 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $129,800 (+12.0%)	$84,300 → $84,900 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $853 (+31.2%)	$560 → $441 (-21.3%)

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

Martin County

Population

11,64811,181

Median household income

$41,013$46,185

Median home value

$84,300$84,900

Median gross rent

$560$441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Martin County
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Martin County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Martin County
No high school diploma	16.1%	26.3%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Martin County
Drove alone	79.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.1%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Martin County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Martin County
Poverty rate	18.9%	29.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1983	1984