Watertown vs West Carthage

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

Watertown 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.

Watertown has the higher population (24,574 vs 1,918 in West Carthage). Watertown has the higher median household income ($49,692 vs $49,074 in West Carthage). West Carthage has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $149,800 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Watertown	West Carthage
Population	24,574	1,918
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,692	$49,074
Median home value	$149,800	$172,900
Median gross rent	$933	$945
Housing units	13,234	1,077
Homeownership rate	41.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watertown	West Carthage
Population	25,622 → 24,574 (-4.1%)	1,383 → 1,918 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$40,253 → $49,692 (+23.4%)	$35,795 → $49,074 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $149,800 (+12.3%)	$133,700 → $172,900 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $933 (+15.8%)	$862 → $945 (+9.6%)

Watertown

Population

25,62224,574

Median household income

$40,253$49,692

Median home value

$133,400$149,800

Median gross rent

$806$933

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)

	Watertown	West Carthage
Under 5	7.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	15.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	19.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watertown	West Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	70.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watertown	West Carthage
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watertown	West Carthage
Drove alone	77.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.2%
Walked	6.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watertown	West Carthage
1-unit, detached	43.9%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	11.9%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Watertown	West Carthage
Poverty rate	20.8%	11.2%
Average household size	2.07	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1944	1953