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Carter, TX

1,738 Population
6.4 square miles 270.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,378 ±$10,277 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$103,264 ±$36,548 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±17.3% (339  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.4 minutes ±18.6 (27,495  ±9,250) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

597 ±139 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (1,738  ±444) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.3% ±12.8% (49  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

631 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,400 ±$88,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±7.2% (181  ±129.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±2.7% (1,053  ±236.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.2% ±9.7% (310  ±127.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.1% ±2.7% (53  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.8% ±6.7% (196  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
196 Total veterans ±94 185 Male ±93 11 Female ±13

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