Carterville vs Carthage

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

Carterville 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 1,978 in Carterville). Carterville has the higher median household income ($55,099 vs $50,849 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($133,500 vs $95,400 in Carterville).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Carthage
Population	1,978	15,513
Median age	34.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,099	$50,849
Median home value	$95,400	$133,500
Median gross rent	$823	$897
Housing units	779	6,095
Homeownership rate	76.1%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Carthage
Population	2,253 → 1,978 (-12.2%)	14,708 → 15,513 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$40,238 → $55,099 (+36.9%)	$41,226 → $50,849 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $95,400 (+22.8%)	$88,600 → $133,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $823 (+1.5%)	$749 → $897 (+19.8%)

Carterville

Population

2,2531,978

Median household income

$40,238$55,099

Median home value

$77,700$95,400

Median gross rent

$811$823

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)

	Carterville	Carthage
Under 5	7.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	25.1%	24.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.2%
75 and over	4.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Carthage
No high school diploma	14.4%	24.6%
High school graduate	51.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Carthage
Drove alone	85.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Carthage
1-unit, detached	89.7%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Carthage
Poverty rate	20.0%	33.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1972	1973