Carthage vs Princeton

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (170 vs 5 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Princeton
Population	170	5
Median age	59.4 yrs	—
Median household income	$21,429	—
Median home value	$88,300	—
Median gross rent	$405	—
Housing units	145	18
Homeownership rate	68.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Princeton
Population	327 → 170 (-48.0%)	0 → 5 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $21,429 (-43.2%)	—
Median home value	$44,500 → $88,300 (+98.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$485 → $405 (-16.5%)	—

Carthage

Population

327170

Median household income

$37,708$21,429

Median home value

$44,500$88,300

Median gross rent

$485$405

Princeton

Population

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Princeton
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	100.0%
65 to 74	40.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	90.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Princeton
No high school diploma	9.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	69.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	100.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Princeton
Drove alone	76.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	11.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Princeton
1-unit, detached	65.5%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	72.2%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Princeton
Poverty rate	30.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.85	—
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1999	1987