Blue Ridge vs Carthage

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

Blue Ridge 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 201 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $88,900 in Carthage). Since 2019, Blue Ridge's population has grown faster (+46.7% vs -24.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
Population	201	754
Median age	45.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,500
Median home value	$160,400	$88,900
Median gross rent	—	$906
Housing units	99	313
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
Population	137 → 201 (+46.7%)	998 → 754 (-24.4%)
Median household income	—	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)
Median home value	—	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)

Blue Ridge

Population

137201

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)

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
Under 5	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	27.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	18.2%
45 to 54	36.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
No high school diploma	10.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	71.5%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
Drove alone	21.4%	70.0%
Carpooled	73.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	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

	Blue Ridge	Carthage
Poverty rate	7.0%	30.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1943	1941