Carthage vs La Harpe

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

Carthage and La Harpe 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 1,085 in La Harpe). Carthage has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $49,028 in La Harpe). Carthage has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $84,200 in La Harpe).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	La Harpe
Population	2,508	1,085
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$49,028
Median home value	$115,600	$84,200
Median gross rent	$679	—
Housing units	1,369	582
Homeownership rate	71.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	La Harpe
Population	2,363 → 2,508 (+6.1%)	1,319 → 1,085 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $75,179 (+38.3%)	$40,833 → $49,028 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $115,600 (+18.1%)	$68,200 → $84,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$659 → $475 (-27.9%)

Carthage

Population

2,3632,508

Median household income

$54,375$75,179

Median home value

$97,900$115,600

Median gross rent

$534$679

La Harpe

Population

1,3191,085

Median household income

$40,833$49,028

Median home value

$68,200$84,200

Median gross rent

$659$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	La Harpe
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	17.6%
75 and over	11.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	La Harpe
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	93.5%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	La Harpe
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	La Harpe
Drove alone	91.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	La Harpe
1-unit, detached	74.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	La Harpe
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1956	1965