Carroll County vs Obion County

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

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

Obion County has the higher population (30,570 vs 28,461 in Carroll County). Obion County has the higher median household income ($53,102 vs $50,391 in Carroll County). Obion County has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $122,100 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Obion County
Population	28,461	30,570
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,391	$53,102
Median home value	$122,100	$122,700
Median gross rent	$757	$770
Housing units	13,107	14,343
Homeownership rate	74.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Obion County
Population	27,886 → 28,461 (+2.1%)	30,365 → 30,570 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$42,637 → $50,391 (+18.2%)	$39,615 → $53,102 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $122,100 (+38.3%)	$91,500 → $122,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $757 (+21.7%)	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)

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

Obion County

Population

30,36530,570

Median household income

$39,615$53,102

Median home value

$91,500$122,700

Median gross rent

$621$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Obion County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Obion County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Obion County
No high school diploma	11.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Obion County
Drove alone	79.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.7%
Other means	3.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Obion County
1-unit, detached	73.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Obion County
Poverty rate	16.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1977	1975