Carthage vs Dallas City

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (2,508 vs 938 in Dallas City). Carthage has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $60,662 in Dallas City). Carthage has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $80,800 in Dallas City).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Dallas City
Population	2,508	938
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$60,662
Median home value	$115,600	$80,800
Median gross rent	$679	$838
Housing units	1,369	539
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Dallas City
Population	2,363 → 2,508 (+6.1%)	1,049 → 938 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $75,179 (+38.3%)	$43,750 → $60,662 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $115,600 (+18.1%)	$71,100 → $80,800 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$583 → $838 (+43.7%)

Carthage

Population

2,3632,508

Median household income

$54,375$75,179

Median home value

$97,900$115,600

Median gross rent

$534$679

Dallas City

Population

1,049938

Median household income

$43,750$60,662

Median home value

$71,100$80,800

Median gross rent

$583$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Dallas City
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.0%
75 and over	11.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Dallas City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Dallas City
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Dallas City
Drove alone	91.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	2.9%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Dallas City
1-unit, detached	74.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Dallas City
Poverty rate	6.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1956	1962