Carthage vs Vass

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

Carthage and Vass 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 1,092 in Vass). Carthage has the higher median household income ($62,177 vs $56,042 in Vass). Vass has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Vass
Population	2,840	1,092
Median age	45.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$56,042
Median home value	$194,100	$221,700
Median gross rent	$856	$799
Housing units	1,331	499
Homeownership rate	81.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Vass
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	841 → 1,092 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$32,917 → $56,042 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$121,000 → $221,700 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$673 → $799 (+18.7%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Vass

Population

8411,092

Median household income

$32,917$56,042

Median home value

$121,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$673$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Vass
Under 5	3.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	21.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.0%
75 and over	13.5%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Vass
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	62.1%
Black or African American	16.7%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Vass
No high school diploma	9.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	23.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Vass
Drove alone	71.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.9%
Other means	5.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Vass
1-unit, detached	71.9%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Vass
Poverty rate	13.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1992	1988