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Carthage, TN

2,369 Population
2.9 square miles 816.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,305 ±$3,218 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $45,266 ±$549
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$65,288 ±$11,836 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $82,499 ±$706
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

10.9% ±3.5% (241  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 10.4% 208,043 (±0.3% / ±6,655)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

26.4 minutes ±7 (30,740  ±10,981) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 27.9 24,718,244 (±0.2 / ±233,127)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

915 ±145 Number of households
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 805,828 ±2,372
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.4 ±0.3 (2,215  ±472) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 2.5 2,006,516 (±0 / ±222)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

10.1% ±9.6% (62  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 5.5% 28,165 (±0.3% / ±1,507)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

977 ±156 Number of housing units
  • the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 871,937 ±273
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$239,600 ±$32,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: $376,800 ±$2,010
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

18.4% ±10.6% (434  ±264.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 15.1% 304,314 (±0.4% / ±7,551.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

88.3% ±22.7% (1,564  ±262.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 91.5% 1,270,587 (±0.7% / ±9,807.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
20.3% ±4.9% (359  ±111.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 39.9% 553,865 (±0.5% / ±6,192.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

2.1% ±2% (49  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 9.4% 191,130
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.2% ±3.5% (121  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area: 6.1% 95,623 (±0.2% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
121 Total veterans ±72 121 Male ±72 N/A Female ±14

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