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Carroll County, IA

20,677 Population
569.5 square miles 36.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,672 ±$2,053 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$68,528 ±$2,429 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8.3% ±1.8% (1,693  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.8 minutes ±1 (144,770  ±11,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,750 ±201 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (20,204  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.5% ±2.7% (257  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,508 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$175,700 ±$8,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.9% ±2.3% (2,232  ±475.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

95% ±4.2% (13,349  ±591) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.4% ±2.3% (3,287  ±326.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% (363  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.3% ±1.1% (987  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
987 Total veterans ±169 914 Male ±160 73 Female ±43

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