Carroll County vs Henderson County

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

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

Carroll County has the higher population (28,461 vs 27,906 in Henderson County). Henderson County has the higher median household income ($53,471 vs $50,391 in Carroll County). Henderson County has the higher median home value ($156,000 vs $122,100 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Henderson County
Population	28,461	27,906
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,391	$53,471
Median home value	$122,100	$156,000
Median gross rent	$757	$812
Housing units	13,107	12,944
Homeownership rate	74.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Henderson County
Population	27,886 → 28,461 (+2.1%)	27,977 → 27,906 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$42,637 → $50,391 (+18.2%)	$43,305 → $53,471 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $122,100 (+38.3%)	$102,000 → $156,000 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $757 (+21.7%)	$648 → $812 (+25.3%)

Carroll County

Population

27,88628,461

Median household income

$42,637$50,391

Median home value

$88,300$122,100

Median gross rent

$622$757

Henderson County

Population

27,97727,906

Median household income

$43,305$53,471

Median home value

$102,000$156,000

Median gross rent

$648$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Henderson County
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.5%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Henderson County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	8.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Henderson County
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Henderson County
Drove alone	79.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.4%
Other means	3.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Henderson County
1-unit, detached	73.0%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Henderson County
Poverty rate	16.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1977	1987