Carthage vs Hamilton

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (2,738 vs 2,508 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $53,487 in Hamilton). Carthage has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $105,600 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Hamilton
Population	2,508	2,738
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$53,487
Median home value	$115,600	$105,600
Median gross rent	$679	$888
Housing units	1,369	1,277
Homeownership rate	71.5%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Hamilton
Population	2,363 → 2,508 (+6.1%)	2,803 → 2,738 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $75,179 (+38.3%)	$50,087 → $53,487 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $115,600 (+18.1%)	$91,700 → $105,600 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$655 → $888 (+35.6%)

Carthage

Population

2,3632,508

Median household income

$54,375$75,179

Median home value

$97,900$115,600

Median gross rent

$534$679

Hamilton

Population

2,8032,738

Median household income

$50,087$53,487

Median home value

$91,700$105,600

Median gross rent

$655$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Hamilton
Under 5	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.2%
75 and over	11.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Hamilton
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Hamilton
Drove alone	91.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	74.1%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Hamilton
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1956	1970