Beckville vs Carthage

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

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

Carthage has the higher population (6,568 vs 776 in Beckville). Beckville has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $44,738 in Carthage). Carthage has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $110,200 in Beckville).

Population, income & housing

	Beckville	Carthage
Population	776	6,568
Median age	27.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$44,738
Median home value	$110,200	$153,100
Median gross rent	$870	$737
Housing units	287	3,224
Homeownership rate	57.9%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckville	Carthage
Population	964 → 776 (-19.5%)	6,535 → 6,568 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $49,000 (+27.5%)	$51,758 → $44,738 (-13.6%)
Median home value	$104,100 → $110,200 (+5.9%)	$107,300 → $153,100 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $870 (+11.0%)	$751 → $737 (-1.9%)

Beckville

Population

964776

Median household income

$38,438$49,000

Median home value

$104,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$784$870

Carthage

Population

6,5356,568

Median household income

$51,758$44,738

Median home value

$107,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$751$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckville	Carthage
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	29.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.0%
75 and over	3.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckville	Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	16.1%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckville	Carthage
No high school diploma	22.4%	17.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckville	Carthage
Drove alone	68.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckville	Carthage
1-unit, detached	49.5%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Beckville	Carthage
Poverty rate	13.5%	12.0%
Average household size	3.21	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1978	1979