City · Carroll County, Missouri

Carrollton, Missouri

Carrollton is a city in Carroll County, Missouri. It has 3,145 residents. Carrollton, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,260 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #153 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), average weekly wage (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,260 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #153 of 375 in MO
Population: 3,145 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 754.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2911566

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety72#4,436/15,637
Economy15#13,336/15,631
Housing88#1,756/14,977
Health18#12,796/15,609
Healthcare16#13,104/15,650
Environment75#3,921/15,453
Education66#5,295/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,427/15,650
Community69#4,802/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,126/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Carrollton, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carroll County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low8.8×
100/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCarroll County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarroll County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low98 min
97/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarroll County value
Social associations · high16.7 /10k
95/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarroll County value
Public libraries · high2.4 /10k
93/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCarroll County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCarroll County value
Average weekly wage · low$878
4/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Broadband subscriptions · low77.1%
8/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Access to exercise opportunities · low47.6%
9/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Mental health providers · low71 /100k
10/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
3,637 (2015-2019) → 3,145 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.0% (2015-2019) → 33.9% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$32,548 (2015-2019) → $49,777 (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
12.1% (2015-2019) → 5.2% (2020-2024)
−6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.0% (2015-2019) → 77.1% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Carrollton, Missouri improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Property tax−0.5 points1.21% → 0.71%
Household income+53%$32,548 → $49,777

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Carrollton, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	16.6 min2020-2024	−4.4 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	77.1%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Child poverty rate	33.4%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	90%
High school diploma or higher	82.5%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.021	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$32,5482015-2019	$49,7772020-2024	+53%	Improved	87%
Poverty rate	21.5%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.0%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent-burdened households	53.0%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	−19 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.5%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Carrollton, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carrollton, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Carrollton, Missouri itself moved +16.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,145 residents (±180)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,287 households (±127)

Carrollton, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k21%†271
$25k–50k29%†375
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,287 households (±127)

Carrollton, Missouri
Missouri share

Own57%737
Rent43%550

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,286 workers (±174)

Carrollton, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone73%933
Carpool16%†204
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Carroll County, the county holding most of Carrollton's residents.

Carroll County has 200 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Missouri's), with 1,548 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,500. The Census Bureau also counts 687 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 200; 687 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,548
Average annual pay: $43,500; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Carroll County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	17	20.3	1.31×More than typical	73	$56,534	99
Religious organizations	14	16.7	3.02×More than typical	64	$21,328	—
Restaurants and other eating places	14	16.7	0.91×About typical	154	$18,955	8
Gasoline stations	8	9.6	2.95×Too few to compare	60	$24,183	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	9.6	2.18×Too few to compare	22	$35,364	15
Ambulatory health care services	7	8.4	0.40×Too few to compare	44	$74,773	25
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	8.4	1.66×Too few to compare	18	$25,889	17
Banks and credit unions	7	8.4	2.59×Too few to compare	81	$54,247	—
Full-service restaurants	7	8.4	1.09×Too few to compare	53	$24,208	5
Building equipment contractors	6	7.2	1.19×Too few to compare	23	$36,522	12
Construction of buildings	6	7.2	0.95×Too few to compare	8	$60,125	22
Limited-service restaurants	6	7.2	0.89×Too few to compare	100	$16,270	—

Rank places for an industry Open Carroll County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,363 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Carrollton, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

920.7FY2017
1.3KFY2018
11.5KFY2020
7.8KFY2021
1.2KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Carrollton, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Carrollton is mostly in Carroll County.

See federal money in Carroll County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Carrollton, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sam GravesR-MO-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Carroll County52100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Carroll County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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