Carthage is a city of 15,574 people in Missouri. This skews young, with a median age of 32.2. The poverty rate is 27.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. The typical home is worth $146,800, having more than doubled since 2000. 53% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,328, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 40%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Carthage
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share0.3% → 34.5%(+34.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants71.3% → 53.0%(−18.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age36.9 → 32.2(−4.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Carthage's population equals 13% of Jasper County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 40% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 20% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)43.7%(276)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.7%(55)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.2%(210)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.9%(56)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.2%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 632 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Carthage, decade by decade
Carthage population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
10,747
$48,472
$84,722
12.3%
11.9
2000
12,668
$52,021
$105,109
14.3%
39.4
2010
14,378
$41,753
$116,956
13.8%
57.2
2020
15,522
$48,406
$109,568
19.1%
67.9
2024
15,574
$51,328
$146,800
22.1%
65.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
