Carthage vs Webb City

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

Carthage and Webb City 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 13,139 in Webb City). Webb City has the higher median household income ($61,502 vs $50,849 in Carthage). Webb City has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $133,500 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Webb City
Population	15,513	13,139
Median age	31.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,849	$61,502
Median home value	$133,500	$156,200
Median gross rent	$897	$937
Housing units	6,095	5,685
Homeownership rate	51.7%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Webb City
Population	14,708 → 15,513 (+5.5%)	11,721 → 13,139 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$41,226 → $50,849 (+23.3%)	$50,033 → $61,502 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $133,500 (+50.7%)	$99,600 → $156,200 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $897 (+19.8%)	$745 → $937 (+25.8%)

Carthage

Population

14,70815,513

Median household income

$41,226$50,849

Median home value

$88,600$133,500

Median gross rent

$749$897

Webb City

Population

11,72113,139

Median household income

$50,033$61,502

Median home value

$99,600$156,200

Median gross rent

$745$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Webb City
Under 5	7.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.4%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Webb City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Webb City
No high school diploma	24.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Webb City
Drove alone	74.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Webb City
1-unit, detached	75.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Webb City
Poverty rate	33.0%	20.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1973	1987