Black River vs Carthage

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

Black River 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 1,880 in Black River). Black River has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $58,356 in Carthage). Black River has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $126,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Black River	Carthage
Population	1,880	3,546
Median age	38.1 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$58,356
Median home value	$211,000	$126,300
Median gross rent	$957	$959
Housing units	846	1,615
Homeownership rate	62.9%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River	Carthage
Population	1,246 → 1,880 (+50.9%)	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $81,111 (+35.8%)	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $211,000 (+15.6%)	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $957 (+21.0%)	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)

Black River

Population

1,2461,880

Median household income

$59,750$81,111

Median home value

$182,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$791$957

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)

	Black River	Carthage
Under 5	4.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	17.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	23.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.5%
75 and over	4.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River	Carthage
No high school diploma	3.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River	Carthage
Drove alone	90.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River	Carthage
1-unit, detached	73.5%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.4%
20 or more units	9.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Black River	Carthage
Poverty rate	13.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1971	1938