Carroll County vs Strafford County

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

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

Strafford County has the higher population (131,743 vs 51,259 in Carroll County). Strafford County has the higher median household income ($86,564 vs $82,961 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median home value ($348,900 vs $332,400 in Strafford County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Strafford County
Population	51,259	131,743
Median age	54.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,961	$86,564
Median home value	$348,900	$332,400
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,413
Housing units	40,110	56,162
Homeownership rate	81.2%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Strafford County
Population	48,138 → 51,259 (+6.5%)	129,124 → 131,743 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$63,153 → $82,961 (+31.4%)	$72,960 → $86,564 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$242,800 → $348,900 (+43.7%)	$235,900 → $332,400 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,179 (+24.4%)	$1,091 → $1,413 (+29.5%)

Carroll County

Population

48,13851,259

Median household income

$63,153$82,961

Median home value

$242,800$348,900

Median gross rent

$948$1,179

Strafford County

Population

129,124131,743

Median household income

$72,960$86,564

Median home value

$235,900$332,400

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Strafford County
Under 5	3.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	10.0%
75 and over	11.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Strafford County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Strafford County
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Strafford County
Drove alone	74.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	2.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.0%	15.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Strafford County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Strafford County
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1981	1978