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Carthage, NC

2,840 Population
6.7 square miles 421.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,210 ±$3,685 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $44,318 ±$1,790
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$62,177 ±$18,722 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $82,837 ±$3,212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.6% ±7.2% (368  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 10% † 10,077 (±1.1% / ±1,120)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.8 minutes ±2.8 (28,875  ±6,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 26.8 1,060,260 (±0.9 / ±49,143)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,130 ±84 Number of households
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 42,814 ±661
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (2,698  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 2.4 101,648 (±0 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,331 ±108 Number of housing units
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 49,419 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$194,100 ±$35,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $315,300 ±$11,354
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.6% ±5.3% (297  ±147.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 14.1% † 14,380 (±1.5% / ±1,520.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.9% ±12% (1,837  ±269.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 92.7% 68,631 (±2.7% / ±2,047.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
28% ±7.5% (566  ±155.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 40.9% 30,279 (±1.7% / ±1,256.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

0.9% ±0.9% (25  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 5% 5,175
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.5% ±4.5% (228  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 9,424 (±1% / ±783)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
228 Total veterans ±99 193 Male ±94 35 Female ±30

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