Carthage vs Milroy

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

Carthage and Milroy 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 629 in Milroy). Milroy has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $42,500 in Carthage). Milroy has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $88,900 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Milroy
Population	754	629
Median age	36.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$81,875
Median home value	$88,900	$105,000
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	313	378
Homeownership rate	57.6%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Milroy
Population	998 → 754 (-24.4%)	511 → 629 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)	$48,889 → $81,875 (+67.5%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)	$66,500 → $105,000 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)	$1,103 → $1,306 (+18.4%)

Carthage

Population

998754

Median household income

$36,607$42,500

Median home value

$81,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$763$906

Milroy

Population

511629

Median household income

$48,889$81,875

Median home value

$66,500$105,000

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Milroy
Under 5	12.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	24.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.3%
75 and over	3.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Milroy
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	91.7%
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%	5.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Milroy
No high school diploma	15.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Milroy
Drove alone	70.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	16.2%	17.0%
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%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Milroy
1-unit, detached	69.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	17.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Milroy
Poverty rate	30.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1941	1938