Carthage vs Watertown

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

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

Watertown has the higher population (24,574 vs 3,546 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median household income ($58,356 vs $49,692 in Watertown). Watertown has the higher median home value ($149,800 vs $126,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Watertown
Population	3,546	24,574
Median age	27.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,356	$49,692
Median home value	$126,300	$149,800
Median gross rent	$959	$933
Housing units	1,615	13,234
Homeownership rate	49.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Watertown
Population	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)	25,622 → 24,574 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)	$40,253 → $49,692 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)	$133,400 → $149,800 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)	$806 → $933 (+15.8%)

Carthage

Population

3,4053,546

Median household income

$43,490$58,356

Median home value

$110,500$126,300

Median gross rent

$882$959

Watertown

Population

25,62224,574

Median household income

$40,253$49,692

Median home value

$133,400$149,800

Median gross rent

$806$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Watertown
Under 5	10.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	17.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.8%
75 and over	4.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	80.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Watertown
No high school diploma	17.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Watertown
Drove alone	76.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.9%
Walked	3.1%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.0%
Other means	1.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Watertown
1-unit, detached	51.6%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Watertown
Poverty rate	18.6%	20.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1938	1944