Adams County vs Carroll County

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

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

Adams County has the higher population (27,510 vs 26,731 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($64,675 vs $49,521 in Adams County). Carroll County has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $157,500 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Carroll County
Population	27,510	26,731
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,521	$64,675
Median home value	$157,500	$174,500
Median gross rent	$700	$780
Housing units	12,737	13,391
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Carroll County
Population	27,776 → 27,510 (-1.0%)	27,332 → 26,731 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$39,079 → $49,521 (+26.7%)	$55,267 → $64,675 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $157,500 (+49.6%)	$126,500 → $174,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)	$706 → $780 (+10.5%)

Adams County

Population

27,77627,510

Median household income

$39,079$49,521

Median home value

$105,300$157,500

Median gross rent

$576$700

Carroll County

Population

27,33226,731

Median household income

$55,267$64,675

Median home value

$126,500$174,500

Median gross rent

$706$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Carroll County
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.2%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Carroll County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Carroll County
No high school diploma	14.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	45.2%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Carroll County
Drove alone	84.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.3%
Other means	1.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Carroll County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Carroll County
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1982	1973