Carterville vs Sarcoxie

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

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

Carterville has the higher population (1,978 vs 1,344 in Sarcoxie). Carterville has the higher median household income ($55,099 vs $37,868 in Sarcoxie). Carterville has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $79,500 in Sarcoxie).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
Population	1,978	1,344
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,099	$37,868
Median home value	$95,400	$79,500
Median gross rent	$823	—
Housing units	779	599
Homeownership rate	76.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
Population	2,253 → 1,978 (-12.2%)	1,682 → 1,344 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$40,238 → $55,099 (+36.9%)	$45,179 → $37,868 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $95,400 (+22.8%)	$61,600 → $79,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $823 (+1.5%)	$668 → $481 (-28.0%)

Carterville

Population

2,2531,978

Median household income

$40,238$55,099

Median home value

$77,700$95,400

Median gross rent

$811$823

Sarcoxie

Population

1,6821,344

Median household income

$45,179$37,868

Median home value

$61,600$79,500

Median gross rent

$668$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
Under 5	7.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.0%
75 and over	4.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
No high school diploma	14.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	51.2%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
Drove alone	85.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.3%
Other means	2.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
1-unit, detached	89.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Sarcoxie
Poverty rate	20.0%	27.4%
Average household size	2.87	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1972	1971