Carthage vs Manilla

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

Carthage and Manilla 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 332 in Manilla). Manilla has the higher median household income ($57,831 vs $42,500 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $79,600 in Manilla).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Manilla
Population	754	332
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$57,831
Median home value	$88,900	$79,600
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	313	143
Homeownership rate	57.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Manilla
Population	998 → 754 (-24.4%)	401 → 332 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)	$32,197 → $57,831 (+79.6%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)	$82,300 → $79,600 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)	$643 → $763 (+18.7%)

Carthage

Population

998754

Median household income

$36,607$42,500

Median home value

$81,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$763$906

Manilla

Population

401332

Median household income

$32,197$57,831

Median home value

$82,300$79,600

Median gross rent

$643$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Manilla
Under 5	12.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	2.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.8%
75 and over	3.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Manilla
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Manilla
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Manilla
Drove alone	70.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Manilla
1-unit, detached	69.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Manilla
Poverty rate	30.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	41	15
Median year structure built	1941	1949