Carroll County, Georgia

Carroll County has a population of 124,569 and has grown 10.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $255,100, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $73,714.

Home price
$255,100
Income
$73,714
Population
124,569
Unemployment
5.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$255,100county
Median gross rent$1,153county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198032.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile11.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,705county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,820county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,660county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,182county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

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

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$73,714county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate15.4%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 home10.1%county
Unemployment rate5.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government14.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.2%county
Economic output per resident$63,464county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.61%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(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 time29.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service35 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station39 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths37.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(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 higher23.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.8%county
Public schools in the county28county
Public school enrollment22250county
Students per full-time teacher16.0county
Free lunch eligible48.0%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools8county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution5.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians51county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

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

Population124,569county
Land area in square miles499county
People per square mile of land250.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores21county
Convenience stores23county
Share living far from a food store17.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract33.9%county
Population change since 2020+10.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age35.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.2%county
Share of households that are one person22.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.7%county
Second languages8.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents138county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in4,106county
Households that moved away3,382county
Average income of arriving households$53,557county
Average income of departing households$50,248county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes22county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,065county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings27.1%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature62.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.9 incounty
Annual snowfall2.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.48 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F36 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing58 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days224 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 24county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$153county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.4¢county
Household electricity use1,186 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity58.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas27.3%county
Homes heated by propane11.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband89.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk70.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk49.0county
Hail risk74.0county
Earthquake risk76.2county
Tornado risk91.8county
Tropical cyclone risk64.7county
Extreme heat risk73.5county
Winter weather risk17.4county
Strong wind risk53.6county
Wildfire risk78.7county

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 teams1county
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 Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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