Carthage vs Pinebluff

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

Carthage and Pinebluff 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 1,723 in Pinebluff). Pinebluff has the higher median household income ($75,188 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Pinebluff has the higher median home value ($219,800 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Pinebluff
Population	2,840	1,723
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$75,188
Median home value	$194,100	$219,800
Median gross rent	$856	$1,100
Housing units	1,331	666
Homeownership rate	81.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Pinebluff
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	1,664 → 1,723 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$56,563 → $75,188 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$160,900 → $219,800 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$1,007 → $1,100 (+9.2%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Pinebluff

Population

1,6641,723

Median household income

$56,563$75,188

Median home value

$160,900$219,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Pinebluff
Under 5	3.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.5%
75 and over	13.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Pinebluff
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	65.8%
Black or African American	16.7%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Pinebluff
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Pinebluff
Drove alone	71.4%	75.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	14.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.5%
Other means	5.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Pinebluff
1-unit, detached	71.9%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Pinebluff
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1992	1986