Carter vs Springtown

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Springtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Springtown has the higher population (3,493 vs 1,642 in Carter). Carter has the higher median household income ($80,114 vs $70,254 in Springtown). Carter has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $223,600 in Springtown).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Springtown
Population	1,642	3,493
Median age	39.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,114	$70,254
Median home value	$237,300	$223,600
Median gross rent	$863	$1,305
Housing units	579	1,287
Homeownership rate	87.8%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Springtown
Population	1,212 → 1,642 (+35.5%)	2,940 → 3,493 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $80,114 (+46.9%)	$59,853 → $70,254 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$120,900 → $237,300 (+96.3%)	$133,300 → $223,600 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $863 (+0.7%)	$1,109 → $1,305 (+17.7%)

Carter

Population

1,2121,642

Median household income

$54,527$80,114

Median home value

$120,900$237,300

Median gross rent

$857$863

Springtown

Population

2,9403,493

Median household income

$59,853$70,254

Median home value

$133,300$223,600

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Springtown
Under 5	3.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	15.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	2.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.2%
75 and over	4.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Springtown
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Springtown
No high school diploma	16.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Springtown
Drove alone	88.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Springtown
1-unit, detached	30.6%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	65.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Springtown
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.3%
Average household size	3.29	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	40	40
Median year structure built	2000	1986