Carthage vs Pinehurst

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

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

Pinehurst has the higher population (17,992 vs 2,840 in Carthage). Pinehurst has the higher median household income ($104,955 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($423,300 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Pinehurst
Population	2,840	17,992
Median age	45.9 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$104,955
Median home value	$194,100	$423,300
Median gross rent	$856	$1,790
Housing units	1,331	9,670
Homeownership rate	81.2%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Pinehurst
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	16,050 → 17,992 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$82,081 → $104,955 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$293,100 → $423,300 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$1,420 → $1,790 (+26.1%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Pinehurst

Population

16,05017,992

Median household income

$82,081$104,955

Median home value

$293,100$423,300

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Pinehurst
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	19.5%
75 and over	13.5%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Pinehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	16.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Pinehurst
No high school diploma	9.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Pinehurst
Drove alone	71.4%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.2%	21.8%
Other means	5.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Pinehurst
1-unit, detached	71.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Pinehurst
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1992	1995