Carroll County vs Oregon County

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

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

Oregon County has the higher population (8,704 vs 8,459 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($61,712 vs $44,259 in Oregon County). Oregon County has the higher median home value ($117,700 vs $110,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Oregon County
Population	8,459	8,704
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,712	$44,259
Median home value	$110,500	$117,700
Median gross rent	$785	$735
Housing units	4,380	4,332
Homeownership rate	72.6%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Oregon County
Population	8,781 → 8,459 (-3.7%)	10,647 → 8,704 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$50,830 → $61,712 (+21.4%)	$33,601 → $44,259 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $110,500 (+25.3%)	$93,600 → $117,700 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)	$541 → $735 (+35.9%)

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

Oregon County

Population

10,6478,704

Median household income

$33,601$44,259

Median home value

$93,600$117,700

Median gross rent

$541$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Oregon County
Under 5	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.1%
75 and over	9.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Oregon County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Oregon County
No high school diploma	10.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Oregon County
Drove alone	76.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Oregon County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Oregon County
Poverty rate	10.8%	21.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1964	1979