Carthage vs Whispering Pines

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

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

Whispering Pines has the higher population (5,081 vs 2,840 in Carthage). Whispering Pines has the higher median household income ($112,517 vs $62,177 in Carthage). Whispering Pines has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $194,100 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
Population	2,840	5,081
Median age	45.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,177	$112,517
Median home value	$194,100	$452,800
Median gross rent	$856	$2,122
Housing units	1,331	1,854
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
Population	2,480 → 2,840 (+14.5%)	3,288 → 5,081 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$48,381 → $62,177 (+28.5%)	$79,943 → $112,517 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $194,100 (+11.6%)	$318,900 → $452,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $856 (+17.7%)	$1,490 → $2,122 (+42.4%)

Carthage

Population

2,4802,840

Median household income

$48,381$62,177

Median home value

$173,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$727$856

Whispering Pines

Population

3,2885,081

Median household income

$79,943$112,517

Median home value

$318,900$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
Under 5	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	30.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.1%
75 and over	13.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	16.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
No high school diploma	9.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	23.0%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
Drove alone	71.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	15.7%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
1-unit, detached	71.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Whispering Pines
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1992	1999