Carthage vs Redwater

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

Carthage and Redwater 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 671 in Redwater). Redwater has the higher median household income ($60,333 vs $47,304 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $128,200 in Redwater).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Redwater
Population	4,859	671
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,304	$60,333
Median home value	$146,800	$128,200
Median gross rent	$549	$569
Housing units	1,627	290
Homeownership rate	68.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	26.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Redwater
Population	4,830 → 4,859 (+0.6%)	642 → 671 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $47,304 (+15.8%)	$26,179 → $60,333 (+130.5%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $146,800 (+19.1%)	$63,100 → $128,200 (+103.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $549 (-25.7%)	$463 → $569 (+22.9%)

Carthage

Population

4,8304,859

Median household income

$40,859$47,304

Median home value

$123,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$739$549

Redwater

Population

642671

Median household income

$26,179$60,333

Median home value

$63,100$128,200

Median gross rent

$463$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Redwater
Under 5	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	34.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	25.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	1.6%
75 and over	10.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Redwater
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	43.4%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	72.3%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Redwater
No high school diploma	16.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Redwater
Drove alone	72.4%	58.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	30.8%
Public transit	2.9%	10.5%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Redwater
1-unit, detached	78.1%	83.4%
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%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Redwater
Poverty rate	28.9%	75.7%
Average household size	3.02	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1978	2001