Carroll County vs Ozark County

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

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

Ozark County has the higher population (8,773 vs 8,459 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($61,712 vs $42,329 in Ozark County). Ozark County has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $110,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Ozark County
Population	8,459	8,773
Median age	43.7 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,712	$42,329
Median home value	$110,500	$156,400
Median gross rent	$785	$626
Housing units	4,380	5,046
Homeownership rate	72.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Ozark County
Population	8,781 → 8,459 (-3.7%)	9,207 → 8,773 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$50,830 → $61,712 (+21.4%)	$31,947 → $42,329 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $110,500 (+25.3%)	$97,600 → $156,400 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)	$660 → $626 (-5.2%)

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

Ozark County

Population

9,2078,773

Median household income

$31,947$42,329

Median home value

$97,600$156,400

Median gross rent

$660$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Ozark County
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	17.3%
75 and over	9.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Ozark County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Ozark County
No high school diploma	10.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Ozark County
Drove alone	76.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	13.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	12.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Ozark County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Ozark County
Poverty rate	10.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1964	1979