Carl Junction vs Carthage

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (15,513 vs 8,257 in Carl Junction). Carl Junction has the higher median household income ($77,855 vs $50,849 in Carthage). Carl Junction has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $133,500 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carl Junction	Carthage
Population	8,257	15,513
Median age	35.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,855	$50,849
Median home value	$206,400	$133,500
Median gross rent	$1,222	$897
Housing units	3,069	6,095
Homeownership rate	76.4%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carl Junction	Carthage
Population	8,072 → 8,257 (+2.3%)	14,708 → 15,513 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $77,855 (+17.7%)	$41,226 → $50,849 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$144,700 → $206,400 (+42.6%)	$88,600 → $133,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,222 (+26.5%)	$749 → $897 (+19.8%)

Carl Junction

Population

8,0728,257

Median household income

$66,144$77,855

Median home value

$144,700$206,400

Median gross rent

$966$1,222

Carthage

Population

14,70815,513

Median household income

$41,226$50,849

Median home value

$88,600$133,500

Median gross rent

$749$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carl Junction	Carthage
Under 5	6.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	25.2%	24.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carl Junction	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carl Junction	Carthage
No high school diploma	3.9%	24.6%
High school graduate	24.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carl Junction	Carthage
Drove alone	83.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carl Junction	Carthage
1-unit, detached	88.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Carl Junction	Carthage
Poverty rate	9.9%	33.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1997	1973