Carroll County vs Mecklenburg County

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

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

Mecklenburg County has the higher population (30,431 vs 29,158 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($52,575 vs $51,691 in Mecklenburg County). Mecklenburg County has the higher median home value ($169,400 vs $144,200 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
Population	29,158	30,431
Median age	49.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,575	$51,691
Median home value	$144,200	$169,400
Median gross rent	$687	$804
Housing units	16,645	19,184
Homeownership rate	77.8%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
Population	29,801 → 29,158 (-2.2%)	30,728 → 30,431 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$44,835 → $52,575 (+17.3%)	$43,207 → $51,691 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $144,200 (+27.7%)	$132,600 → $169,400 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $687 (+21.6%)	$695 → $804 (+15.7%)

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

Mecklenburg County

Population

30,72830,431

Median household income

$43,207$51,691

Median home value

$132,600$169,400

Median gross rent

$695$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	15.5%
75 and over	10.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
Drove alone	83.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.3%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Mecklenburg County
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1981	1982