Carroll County vs Hickory County

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

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

Hickory County has the higher population (8,501 vs 8,459 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($61,712 vs $35,084 in Hickory County). Hickory County has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $110,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Hickory County
Population	8,459	8,501
Median age	43.7 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,712	$35,084
Median home value	$110,500	$123,200
Median gross rent	$785	$699
Housing units	4,380	5,502
Homeownership rate	72.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Hickory County
Population	8,781 → 8,459 (-3.7%)	9,404 → 8,501 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$50,830 → $61,712 (+21.4%)	$34,182 → $35,084 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $110,500 (+25.3%)	$83,400 → $123,200 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)	$608 → $699 (+15.0%)

Carroll County

Population

8,7818,459

Median household income

$50,830$61,712

Median home value

$88,200$110,500

Median gross rent

$607$785

Hickory County

Population

9,4048,501

Median household income

$34,182$35,084

Median home value

$83,400$123,200

Median gross rent

$608$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Hickory County
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	18.0%
75 and over	9.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Hickory County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Hickory County
No high school diploma	10.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Hickory County
Drove alone	76.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	18.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Hickory County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Hickory County
Poverty rate	10.8%	19.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1964	1981