Carroll County, Arkansas

Carroll County has a population of 28,626 and has grown 3.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $210,400, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $54,230.

Home price
$210,400
Income
$54,230
Population
28,626
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$210,400county
Median gross rent$856county
Median year homes here were built1989county
Share of homes built before 198034.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,321(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$954county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$742county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,144county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$54,230county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate17.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.2%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.4%county
Share of workers employed by government9.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.2%county
Economic output per resident$45,725county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.51%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2856county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station134 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths52.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher20.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher84.8%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment3862county
Students per full-time teacher10.5county
Free lunch eligible74.8%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools3county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution25 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians67county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.7%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population28,626county
Land area in square miles630county
People per square mile of land45.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores9county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store18.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract33.1%county
Population change since 2020+3.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age44.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.4%county
Share of households that are one person28.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.1%county
Second languages13.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents287county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in784county
Households that moved away758county
Average income of arriving households$55,731county
Average income of departing households$42,571county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year22county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings33.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature59.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.0 incounty
Annual snowfall10.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.39 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F50 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing73 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days217 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 1county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$133county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,056 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity50.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas23.2%county
Homes heated by propane17.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood7.9%county
Households with broadband87.7%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk65.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk88.5county
Hail risk58.2county
Earthquake risk70.2county
Tornado risk80.1county
Tropical cyclone risk50.4county
Extreme heat risk68.9county
Winter weather risk76.6county
Strong wind risk75.5county
Wildfire risk64.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Carroll County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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