Amherst County vs Caroline County

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst County and Caroline County: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst County and Caroline County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caroline County has the higher population (31,541 vs 31,385 in Amherst County). Caroline County has the higher median household income ($86,267 vs $67,298 in Amherst County). Caroline County has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $197,200 in Amherst County).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst County	Caroline County
Population	31,385	31,541
Median age	43.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,298	$86,267
Median home value	$197,200	$283,100
Median gross rent	$842	$1,201
Housing units	14,301	12,693
Homeownership rate	78.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst County	Caroline County
Population	31,775 → 31,385 (-1.2%)	30,381 → 31,541 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,888 → $67,298 (+27.2%)	$65,103 → $86,267 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $197,200 (+26.7%)	$206,000 → $283,100 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $842 (+15.7%)	$1,093 → $1,201 (+9.9%)

Amherst County

Population

31,77531,385

Median household income

$52,888$67,298

Median home value

$155,600$197,200

Median gross rent

$728$842

Caroline County

Population

30,38131,541

Median household income

$65,103$86,267

Median home value

$206,000$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst County	Caroline County
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.0%
75 and over	9.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst County	Caroline County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	61.5%
Black or African American	17.5%	23.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst County	Caroline County
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst County	Caroline County
Drove alone	79.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst County	Caroline County
1-unit, detached	78.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Amherst County	Caroline County
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1977	1992