Carthage vs Walnut Grove

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

Carthage and Walnut Grove 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 645 in Walnut Grove). Carthage has the higher median household income ($47,304 vs $32,813 in Walnut Grove). Carthage has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $84,400 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
Population	4,859	645
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,304	$32,813
Median home value	$146,800	$84,400
Median gross rent	$549	$500
Housing units	1,627	278
Homeownership rate	68.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
Population	4,830 → 4,859 (+0.6%)	901 → 645 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $47,304 (+15.8%)	$30,132 → $32,813 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $146,800 (+19.1%)	$66,700 → $84,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $549 (-25.7%)	$644 → $500 (-22.4%)

Carthage

Population

4,8304,859

Median household income

$40,859$47,304

Median home value

$123,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$739$549

Walnut Grove

Population

901645

Median household income

$30,132$32,813

Median home value

$66,700$84,400

Median gross rent

$644$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
Under 5	7.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	35.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.2%
75 and over	10.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	36.7%
Black or African American	43.4%	61.9%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	16.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	72.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	23.5%
Public transit	2.9%	3.7%
Walked	1.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	1.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	78.1%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	28.9%	22.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1978	1975