Carthage vs Robbins

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

Carthage and Robbins 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 1,398 in Robbins). Carthage has the higher median household income ($62,177 vs $50,023 in Robbins). Carthage has the higher median home value ($194,100 vs $102,900 in Robbins).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Robbins
Population	2,840	1,398
Median age	45.9 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$50,023
Median home value	$194,100	$102,900
Median gross rent	$856	$645
Housing units	1,331	545
Homeownership rate	81.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Robbins
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	1,647 → 1,398 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$40,200 → $50,023 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$77,300 → $102,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$479 → $645 (+34.7%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Robbins

Population

1,6471,398

Median household income

$40,200$50,023

Median home value

$77,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$479$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Robbins
Under 5	3.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	26.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	5.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	3.2%
75 and over	13.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Robbins
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	41.6%
Black or African American	16.7%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	46.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Robbins
No high school diploma	9.1%	40.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Robbins
Drove alone	71.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	14.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	2.5%
Other means	5.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Robbins
1-unit, detached	71.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Robbins
Poverty rate	13.6%	33.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1992	1972