Carthage vs Seven Lakes

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

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

Seven Lakes has the higher population (4,823 vs 2,840 in Carthage). Seven Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,495 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Seven Lakes has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
Population	2,840	4,823
Median age	45.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$91,495
Median home value	$194,100	$365,500
Median gross rent	$856	$900
Housing units	1,331	2,540
Homeownership rate	81.2%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Seven Lakes

Population

4,9034,823

Median household income

$82,969$91,495

Median home value

$290,000$365,500

Median gross rent

$1,167$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
Under 5	3.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	5.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	24.4%
75 and over	13.5%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	16.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
No high school diploma	9.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
Drove alone	71.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.8%
Other means	5.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
1-unit, detached	71.9%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Seven Lakes
Poverty rate	13.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1992	1996