Adams vs Carthage

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

Adams and Carthage are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carthage has the higher population (3,546 vs 1,730 in Adams). Adams has the higher median household income ($62,411 vs $58,356 in Carthage). Adams has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $126,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Carthage
Population	1,730	3,546
Median age	39.8 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,411	$58,356
Median home value	$188,400	$126,300
Median gross rent	$822	$959
Housing units	804	1,615
Homeownership rate	60.3%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Carthage
Population	1,966 → 1,730 (-12.0%)	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$53,629 → $62,411 (+16.4%)	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $188,400 (+22.6%)	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $822 (+10.5%)	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)

Adams

Population

1,9661,730

Median household income

$53,629$62,411

Median home value

$153,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$744$822

Carthage

Population

3,4053,546

Median household income

$43,490$58,356

Median home value

$110,500$126,300

Median gross rent

$882$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Carthage
Under 5	6.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	17.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	12.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	79.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Carthage
No high school diploma	8.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Carthage
Drove alone	84.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	16.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Carthage
1-unit, detached	56.6%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Carthage
Poverty rate	6.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1946	1938