Carthage vs West Carthage

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

Carthage and West 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 1,918 in West Carthage). Carthage has the higher median household income ($58,356 vs $49,074 in West Carthage). West Carthage has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $126,300 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	West Carthage
Population	3,546	1,918
Median age	27.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,356	$49,074
Median home value	$126,300	$172,900
Median gross rent	$959	$945
Housing units	1,615	1,077
Homeownership rate	49.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	West Carthage
Population	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)	1,383 → 1,918 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)	$35,795 → $49,074 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)	$133,700 → $172,900 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)	$862 → $945 (+9.6%)

Carthage

Population

3,4053,546

Median household income

$43,490$58,356

Median home value

$110,500$126,300

Median gross rent

$882$959

West Carthage

Population

1,3831,918

Median household income

$35,795$49,074

Median home value

$133,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$862$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	West Carthage
Under 5	10.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	17.1%	15.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.6%
75 and over	4.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	West Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	70.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.6%
Two or more races	10.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	West Carthage
No high school diploma	17.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	West Carthage
Drove alone	76.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	8.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	West Carthage
1-unit, detached	51.6%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	West Carthage
Poverty rate	18.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.61	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1953