Carthage vs Sparkman

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

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

Sparkman has the higher population (471 vs 170 in Carthage). Sparkman has the higher median household income ($37,222 vs $21,429 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $61,300 in Sparkman).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Sparkman
Population	170	471
Median age	59.4 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,429	$37,222
Median home value	$88,300	$61,300
Median gross rent	$405	$515
Housing units	145	237
Homeownership rate	68.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Sparkman
Population	327 → 170 (-48.0%)	465 → 471 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $21,429 (-43.2%)	$26,979 → $37,222 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$44,500 → $88,300 (+98.4%)	$19,800 → $61,300 (+209.6%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $405 (-16.5%)	$702 → $515 (-26.6%)

Carthage

Population

327170

Median household income

$37,708$21,429

Median home value

$44,500$88,300

Median gross rent

$485$405

Sparkman

Population

465471

Median household income

$26,979$37,222

Median home value

$19,800$61,300

Median gross rent

$702$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Sparkman
Under 5	7.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	8.2%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.6%	1.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	25.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.2%	24.8%
65 to 74	40.0%	16.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Sparkman
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	90.0%	18.3%
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%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Sparkman
No high school diploma	9.1%	32.6%
High school graduate	69.9%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Sparkman
Drove alone	76.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	11.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	11.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Sparkman
1-unit, detached	65.5%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Sparkman
Poverty rate	30.0%	19.7%
Average household size	1.85	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1999	1973