Carthage vs Nauvoo

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

Carthage and Nauvoo 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 911 in Nauvoo). Carthage has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $49,750 in Nauvoo). Nauvoo has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $115,600 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Nauvoo
Population	2,508	911
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$49,750
Median home value	$115,600	$118,000
Median gross rent	$679	$800
Housing units	1,369	618
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Nauvoo
Population	2,363 → 2,508 (+6.1%)	990 → 911 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $75,179 (+38.3%)	$53,370 → $49,750 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $115,600 (+18.1%)	$103,300 → $118,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$696 → $800 (+14.9%)

Carthage

Population

2,3632,508

Median household income

$54,375$75,179

Median home value

$97,900$115,600

Median gross rent

$534$679

Nauvoo

Population

990911

Median household income

$53,370$49,750

Median home value

$103,300$118,000

Median gross rent

$696$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Nauvoo
Under 5	3.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	16.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	22.2%
75 and over	11.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Nauvoo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Nauvoo
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Nauvoo
Drove alone	91.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Nauvoo
1-unit, detached	74.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Nauvoo
Poverty rate	6.2%	32.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1956	1965