Arlington vs Carthage

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (754 vs 491 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($49,241 vs $42,500 in Carthage). Arlington has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $88,900 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Carthage
Population	491	754
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,241	$42,500
Median home value	$137,800	$88,900
Median gross rent	—	$906
Housing units	213	313
Homeownership rate	95.8%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	28.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Carthage
Population	312 → 491 (+57.4%)	998 → 754 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$49,048 → $49,241 (+0.4%)	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $137,800 (+19.2%)	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)

Arlington

Population

312491

Median household income

$49,048$49,241

Median home value

$115,600$137,800

Carthage

Population

998754

Median household income

$36,607$42,500

Median home value

$81,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$763$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Carthage
Under 5	9.6%	12.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	1.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	24.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	4.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.9%
75 and over	4.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Carthage
No high school diploma	2.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	57.5%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Carthage
Drove alone	100.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Carthage
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Carthage
Poverty rate	21.0%	30.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	41
Median year structure built	1938	1941