Carthage vs Hickman

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (2,369 vs 353 in Hickman). Hickman has the higher median household income ($75,250 vs $65,288 in Carthage). Hickman has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $239,600 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Hickman
Population	2,369	353
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,288	$75,250
Median home value	$239,600	$282,800
Median gross rent	$820	—
Housing units	977	150
Homeownership rate	62.2%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Hickman
Population	2,466 → 2,369 (-3.9%)	274 → 353 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$39,693 → $65,288 (+64.5%)	$33,333 → $75,250 (+125.8%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $239,600 (+115.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$541 → $820 (+51.6%)	—

Carthage

Population

2,4662,369

Median household income

$39,693$65,288

Median home value

$111,000$239,600

Median gross rent

$541$820

Hickman

Population

274353

Median household income

$33,333$75,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Hickman
Under 5	6.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Hickman
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	99.4%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Hickman
No high school diploma	11.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	9.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Hickman
Drove alone	86.5%	47.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	35.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Hickman
1-unit, detached	75.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Hickman
Poverty rate	10.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.42	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1964	1971