Carroll County vs Wythe County

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

Carroll County and Wythe County 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 28,219 in Wythe County). Wythe County has the higher median household income ($55,359 vs $52,575 in Carroll County). Wythe County has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $144,200 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Wythe County
Population	29,158	28,219
Median age	49.0 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,575	$55,359
Median home value	$144,200	$172,100
Median gross rent	$687	$718
Housing units	16,645	14,016
Homeownership rate	77.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Wythe County
Population	29,801 → 29,158 (-2.2%)	28,844 → 28,219 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$44,835 → $52,575 (+17.3%)	$49,364 → $55,359 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $144,200 (+27.7%)	$128,400 → $172,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $687 (+21.6%)	$676 → $718 (+6.2%)

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

Wythe County

Population

28,84428,219

Median household income

$49,364$55,359

Median home value

$128,400$172,100

Median gross rent

$676$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Wythe County
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.0%
75 and over	10.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Wythe County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Wythe County
No high school diploma	14.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Wythe County
Drove alone	83.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Wythe County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Wythe County
Poverty rate	16.2%	15.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1981	1978