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Carthage, NY

3,510 Population
2.4 square miles 1,447.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.3 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,230 ±$4,663 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $36,025 ±$1,152
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,125 ±$8,989 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $66,301 ±$2,730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.8% ±10.5% (882  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 13.7% † 15,052 (±1.5% / ±1,599)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±6.1 (38,685  ±12,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.5 978,635 (±0.6 / ±37,781)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,294 ±164 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 47,606 ±645
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (3,361  ±440) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 2.3 110,240 (±0 / ±213)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±4.8% (46  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 6.9% † 1,718 (±1.4% / ±346)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,625 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 61,862 ±110
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,200 ±$22,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $188,200 ±$6,002
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.5% ±9% (847  ±327.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.9% 22,531 (±1.6% / ±1,815)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±7.7% (1,634  ±274.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 92% 68,159 (±2.3% / ±1,683.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±7.2% (408  ±147.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 26.5% 19,597 (±1.3% / ±933.6)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.3% (71  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 4.6% 5,296
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.3% ±6.7% (358  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 12.7% 9,861 (±1% / ±743)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
358 Total veterans ±158 302 Male ±145 56 Female ±60

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