Carthage vs Warsaw

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

Carthage and Warsaw 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 1,511 in Warsaw). Carthage has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $58,074 in Warsaw). Carthage has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $90,700 in Warsaw).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Warsaw
Population	2,508	1,511
Median age	46.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$58,074
Median home value	$115,600	$90,700
Median gross rent	$679	$769
Housing units	1,369	810
Homeownership rate	71.5%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Warsaw
Population	2,363 → 2,508 (+6.1%)	1,690 → 1,511 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $75,179 (+38.3%)	$54,758 → $58,074 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $115,600 (+18.1%)	$82,700 → $90,700 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$631 → $769 (+21.9%)

Carthage

Population

2,3632,508

Median household income

$54,375$75,179

Median home value

$97,900$115,600

Median gross rent

$534$679

Warsaw

Population

1,6901,511

Median household income

$54,758$58,074

Median home value

$82,700$90,700

Median gross rent

$631$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Warsaw
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.4%	23.1%
75 and over	11.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Warsaw
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Warsaw
Drove alone	91.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	74.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Warsaw
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1956	1971