Carroll County vs Fredericksburg city

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

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

Carroll County has the higher population (29,158 vs 28,383 in Fredericksburg city). Fredericksburg city has the higher median household income ($85,368 vs $52,575 in Carroll County). Fredericksburg city has the higher median home value ($461,500 vs $144,200 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
Population	29,158	28,383
Median age	49.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,575	$85,368
Median home value	$144,200	$461,500
Median gross rent	$687	$1,521
Housing units	16,645	12,308
Homeownership rate	77.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
Population	29,801 → 29,158 (-2.2%)	28,622 → 28,383 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$44,835 → $52,575 (+17.3%)	$65,641 → $85,368 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $144,200 (+27.7%)	$367,200 → $461,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $687 (+21.6%)	$1,258 → $1,521 (+20.9%)

Carroll County

Population

29,80129,158

Median household income

$44,835$52,575

Median home value

$112,900$144,200

Median gross rent

$565$687

Fredericksburg city

Population

28,62228,383

Median household income

$65,641$85,368

Median home value

$367,200$461,500

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	19.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	6.9%
75 and over	10.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	55.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
Drove alone	83.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.5%	14.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
1-unit, detached	75.6%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Fredericksburg city
Poverty rate	16.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1981	1986