Carthage vs Foxfire

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

Carthage and Foxfire are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carthage has the higher population (2,840 vs 1,730 in Foxfire). Foxfire has the higher median household income ($75,163 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Foxfire has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Foxfire
Population	2,840	1,730
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$75,163
Median home value	$194,100	$352,300
Median gross rent	$856	$1,082
Housing units	1,331	711
Homeownership rate	81.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Foxfire
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	1,434 → 1,730 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$63,810 → $75,163 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$245,400 → $352,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$835 → $1,082 (+29.6%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Foxfire

Population

1,4341,730

Median household income

$63,810$75,163

Median home value

$245,400$352,300

Median gross rent

$835$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Foxfire
Under 5	3.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.1%
75 and over	13.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Foxfire
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	80.2%
Black or African American	16.7%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Foxfire
No high school diploma	9.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Foxfire
Drove alone	71.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	9.7%
Other means	5.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Foxfire
1-unit, detached	71.9%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Foxfire
Poverty rate	13.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1992	1997