Carthage vs Fordyce

A side-by-side comparison of Carthage and Fordyce: population, income, housing, and more.

Carthage and Fordyce are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fordyce has the higher population (3,320 vs 170 in Carthage). Fordyce has the higher median household income ($43,056 vs $21,429 in Carthage). Fordyce has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $88,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Fordyce
Population	170	3,320
Median age	59.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$21,429	$43,056
Median home value	$88,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	$405	$642
Housing units	145	1,644
Homeownership rate	68.5%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Fordyce
Population	327 → 170 (-48.0%)	3,849 → 3,320 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $21,429 (-43.2%)	$30,613 → $43,056 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$44,500 → $88,300 (+98.4%)	$74,100 → $92,500 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $405 (-16.5%)	$699 → $642 (-8.2%)

Carthage

Population

327170

Median household income

$37,708$21,429

Median home value

$44,500$88,300

Median gross rent

$485$405

Fordyce

Population

3,8493,320

Median household income

$30,613$43,056

Median home value

$74,100$92,500

Median gross rent

$699$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Fordyce
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	0.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	40.0%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Fordyce
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	31.3%
Black or African American	90.0%	63.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Fordyce
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	69.9%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Fordyce
Drove alone	76.7%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	11.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.6%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Fordyce
1-unit, detached	65.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Fordyce
Poverty rate	30.0%	12.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1999	1976