Carter County vs Sullivan County

A side-by-side comparison of Carter County and Sullivan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sullivan County has the higher population (5,903 vs 5,269 in Carter County). Sullivan County has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $45,083 in Carter County). Carter County has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $103,300 in Sullivan County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Sullivan County
Population	5,269	5,903
Median age	39.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,083	$55,500
Median home value	$147,600	$103,300
Median gross rent	$661	$692
Housing units	2,692	3,032
Homeownership rate	64.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Sullivan County
Population	6,147 → 5,269 (-14.3%)	6,247 → 5,903 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$39,530 → $45,083 (+14.0%)	$46,481 → $55,500 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $147,600 (+45.4%)	$77,000 → $103,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $661 (+6.4%)	$622 → $692 (+11.3%)

Carter County

Population

6,1475,269

Median household income

$39,530$45,083

Median home value

$101,500$147,600

Median gross rent

$621$661

Sullivan County

Population

6,2475,903

Median household income

$46,481$55,500

Median home value

$77,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$622$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Sullivan County
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Sullivan County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Sullivan County
No high school diploma	14.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	47.2%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Sullivan County
Drove alone	73.6%	67.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	24.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Sullivan County
1-unit, detached	69.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Sullivan County
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1984	1965