Allegany County vs Caroline County

A side-by-side comparison of Allegany County and Caroline County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegany County and Caroline County are counties in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegany County has the higher population (67,762 vs 33,406 in Caroline County). Caroline County has the higher median household income ($66,368 vs $57,393 in Allegany County). Caroline County has the higher median home value ($272,400 vs $149,200 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Caroline County
Population	67,762	33,406
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,393	$66,368
Median home value	$149,200	$272,400
Median gross rent	$786	$1,070
Housing units	32,810	13,516
Homeownership rate	70.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Caroline County
Population	71,445 → 67,762 (-5.2%)	33,049 → 33,406 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$45,893 → $57,393 (+25.1%)	$58,638 → $66,368 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $149,200 (+23.6%)	$202,500 → $272,400 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $786 (+13.3%)	$895 → $1,070 (+19.6%)

Allegany County

Population

71,44567,762

Median household income

$45,893$57,393

Median home value

$120,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$694$786

Caroline County

Population

33,04933,406

Median household income

$58,638$66,368

Median home value

$202,500$272,400

Median gross rent

$895$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Caroline County
Under 5	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.2%
75 and over	9.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Caroline County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	72.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Caroline County
No high school diploma	10.3%	16.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Caroline County
Drove alone	79.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Caroline County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Caroline County
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1958	1981