Carroll County vs Webster County

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

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

Webster County has the higher population (9,942 vs 9,828 in Carroll County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($59,964 vs $55,275 in Carroll County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $105,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Webster County
Population	9,828	9,942
Median age	47.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,275	$59,964
Median home value	$105,500	$109,500
Median gross rent	$621	$618
Housing units	4,950	5,094
Homeownership rate	79.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Webster County
Population	10,070 → 9,828 (-2.4%)	9,768 → 9,942 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$46,052 → $55,275 (+20.0%)	$45,730 → $59,964 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $105,500 (+6.6%)	$84,000 → $109,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $621 (+31.0%)	$528 → $618 (+17.0%)

Carroll County

Population

10,0709,828

Median household income

$46,052$55,275

Median home value

$99,000$105,500

Median gross rent

$474$621

Webster County

Population

9,7689,942

Median household income

$45,730$59,964

Median home value

$84,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$528$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Webster County
Under 5	4.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.6%
75 and over	10.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	78.0%
Black or African American	34.5%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Webster County
No high school diploma	20.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Webster County
Drove alone	81.3%	88.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.2%
Other means	3.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Webster County
Poverty rate	22.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1987	1982