Carthage vs Lena

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (4,859 vs 144 in Lena). Lena has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $47,304 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $116,700 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Lena
Population	4,859	144
Median age	35.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,304	$93,750
Median home value	$146,800	$116,700
Median gross rent	$549	—
Housing units	1,627	68
Homeownership rate	68.8%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Lena
Population	4,830 → 4,859 (+0.6%)	151 → 144 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $47,304 (+15.8%)	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $146,800 (+19.1%)	$72,500 → $116,700 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $549 (-25.7%)	—

Carthage

Population

4,8304,859

Median household income

$40,859$47,304

Median home value

$123,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$739$549

Lena

Population

151144

Median household income

$67,875$93,750

Median home value

$72,500$116,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Lena
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	3.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	20.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.9%
75 and over	10.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	43.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	0.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Lena
No high school diploma	16.3%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Lena
Drove alone	72.4%	67.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	2.9%	5.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	17.1%
Other means	1.2%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Lena
1-unit, detached	78.1%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Lena
Poverty rate	28.9%	4.9%
Average household size	3.02	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1978	1976