Carthage vs Oronogo

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

Carthage and Oronogo 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 2,685 in Oronogo). Oronogo has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $50,849 in Carthage). Oronogo has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $133,500 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Oronogo
Population	15,513	2,685
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,849	$81,111
Median home value	$133,500	$186,300
Median gross rent	$897	$1,042
Housing units	6,095	1,013
Homeownership rate	51.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Oronogo
Population	14,708 → 15,513 (+5.5%)	2,609 → 2,685 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$41,226 → $50,849 (+23.3%)	$75,085 → $81,111 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $133,500 (+50.7%)	$137,100 → $186,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $897 (+19.8%)	$873 → $1,042 (+19.4%)

Carthage

Population

14,70815,513

Median household income

$41,226$50,849

Median home value

$88,600$133,500

Median gross rent

$749$897

Oronogo

Population

2,6092,685

Median household income

$75,085$81,111

Median home value

$137,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Oronogo
Under 5	7.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	24.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.9%
75 and over	5.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Oronogo
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	3.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Oronogo
No high school diploma	24.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Oronogo
Drove alone	74.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	19.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Oronogo
1-unit, detached	75.2%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Oronogo
Poverty rate	33.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1973	2004