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Carthage, TX

6,601 Population
10.7 square miles 619.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Panola County: 40.9 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,058 ±$6,668 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Panola County: $36,331 ±$2,447
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$51,250 ±$10,940 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Panola County: $64,894 † ±$8,447
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

11% ±4.9% (681  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Panola County: 11.2% † 2,495 (±2.6% / ±587)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

19.3 minutes ±3.2 (48,245  ±10,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Panola County: 28.2 † 252,505 (±2.9 / ±28,621)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

2,551 ±229 Number of households
  • Panola County: 8,898 ±282
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.4 ±0.2 (6,191  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Panola County: 2.5 22,235 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

7.7% ±5.6% (126  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Panola County: 5.4% † 261 (±2.2% / ±107)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

3,061 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Panola County: 10,853 ±25
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$164,200 ±$13,936 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Panola County: $158,100 ±$9,870
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

16% ±5.5% (1,031  ±352.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Panola County: 9.7% † 2,169 (±2% / ±456.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

83.4% ±9.3% (3,603  ±468.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Panola County: 86.6% 13,455 (±4.9% / ±774.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
14.7% ±5.1% (633  ±223) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Panola County: 17% † 2,646 (±2.4% / ±367.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

8.2% ±4.7% (543  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Panola County: 4% 906
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

3.2% ±2% (164  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Panola County: 9.9% † 1,722 (±1.6% / ±281)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
164 Total veterans ±102 145 Male ±96 19 Female ±33

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