Carthage vs Gary City

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

Carthage and Gary City 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 312 in Gary City). Carthage has the higher median household income ($44,738 vs $36,528 in Gary City). Since 2019, Gary City's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Gary City
Population	6,568	312
Median age	39.4 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,738	$36,528
Median home value	$153,100	—
Median gross rent	$737	—
Housing units	3,224	128
Homeownership rate	66.4%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Gary City
Population	6,535 → 6,568 (+0.5%)	261 → 312 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$51,758 → $44,738 (-13.6%)	$54,167 → $36,528 (-32.6%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $153,100 (+42.7%)	$84,700 → $137,500 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $737 (-1.9%)	$483 → $533 (+10.4%)

Carthage

Population

6,5356,568

Median household income

$51,758$44,738

Median home value

$107,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$751$737

Gary City

Population

261312

Median household income

$54,167$36,528

Median home value

$84,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$483$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carthage	Gary City
Under 5	6.6%	14.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	21.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.5%
75 and over	8.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Gary City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Gary City
No high school diploma	17.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Gary City
Drove alone	83.7%	84.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Gary City
1-unit, detached	69.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Gary City
Poverty rate	12.0%	26.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1979	1975