Carroll County vs Owen County

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

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

Owen County has the higher population (11,270 vs 10,878 in Carroll County). Owen County has the higher median household income ($59,706 vs $57,753 in Carroll County). Owen County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $129,800 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Owen County
Population	10,878	11,270
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,753	$59,706
Median home value	$129,800	$165,000
Median gross rent	$853	$775
Housing units	4,682	5,378
Homeownership rate	64.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Owen County
Population	10,671 → 10,878 (+1.9%)	10,796 → 11,270 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$43,524 → $57,753 (+32.7%)	$48,801 → $59,706 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $129,800 (+12.0%)	$116,100 → $165,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $853 (+31.2%)	$624 → $775 (+24.2%)

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

Owen County

Population

10,79611,270

Median household income

$48,801$59,706

Median home value

$116,100$165,000

Median gross rent

$624$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Owen County
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Owen County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Owen County
No high school diploma	16.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Owen County
Drove alone	79.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.2%
Other means	5.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Owen County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Owen County
Poverty rate	18.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1983	1990