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Carthage, IL

2,291 Population
2.5 square miles 912.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 46.9 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,867 ±$5,017 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $37,092 ±$2,485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,004 ±$9,214 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $65,865 ±$3,254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.7% ±2.6% (143  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 12.3% † 2,085 (±1.9% / ±328)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±3.4 (25,150  ±5,070) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 24.1 173,525 (±1.2 / ±10,624)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,081 ±112 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 7,613 ±178
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (2,132  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 17,004 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±4.8% (21  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 169 (±2.2% / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,323 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 8,938 ±48
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,900 ±$10,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $113,800 ±$4,244
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±3.9% (221  ±90.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 9% † 1,533 (±1.7% / ±296.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±9.8% (1,639  ±217.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 93.6% 11,698 (±3.8% / ±472.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.5% ±8% (600  ±147.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 25.1% 3,138 (±2% / ±250.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

4.5% ±2.6% (104  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 1.5% 251
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.8% (94  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 7.1% † 962 (±1% / ±133)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
94 Total veterans ±55 69 Male ±37 25 Female ±24

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