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Carthage town, Franklin County, ME

845 Population
33.3 square miles 25.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,857 ±$6,954 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $34,978 ±$2,292
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,107 ±$17,968 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Franklin County: $58,675 ±$2,708
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.6% ±2.9% (30  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 12.2% † 3,548 (±1.7% / ±487)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±13.4 (9,745  ±2,949) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 26.8 316,805 (±2 / ±29,447)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

294 ±82 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 12,675 ±305
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.4 (840  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 29,163 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.7% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 4.1% † 267 (±1.7% / ±111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

380 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 21,234 ±63
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,300 ±$40,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $194,700 ±$10,909
  • about half the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±6.8% (68  ±61.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 11.5% † 3,469 (±1.7% / ±517.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±38.7% (567  ±157.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 94.1% 20,620 (±4.3% / ±935.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.4% ±3.6% (84  ±35.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 32% 7,012 (±2.5% / ±541.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.8% ±1.7% (28  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 8.1% † 2,053 (±0.9% / ±233)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±16 22 Male ±13 6 Female ±5

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