Carthage vs Homer

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

Carthage and Homer 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 190 in Homer). Homer has the higher median household income ($142,632 vs $42,500 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $85,800 in Homer).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Homer
Population	754	190
Median age	36.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$142,632
Median home value	$88,900	$85,800
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	313	72
Homeownership rate	57.6%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Homer
Population	998 → 754 (-24.4%)	321 → 190 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)	$138,041 → $142,632 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)	$87,400 → $85,800 (-1.8%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)	—

Carthage

Population

998754

Median household income

$36,607$42,500

Median home value

$81,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$763$906

Homer

Population

321190

Median household income

$138,041$142,632

Median home value

$87,400$85,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Homer
Under 5	12.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	27.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	24.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	5.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	0.0%
75 and over	3.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.4%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Homer
No high school diploma	15.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Homer
Drove alone	70.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Homer
1-unit, detached	69.0%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	52.8%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Homer
Poverty rate	30.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	41	29
Median year structure built	1941	2011