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Carthage, TX

6,568 Population
10.7 square miles 616.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Panola County: 40.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,611 ±$7,644 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Panola County: $35,020 ±$2,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$44,738 ±$15,992 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Panola County: $62,593 † ±$8,585
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

12% ±6.2% (743  ±380) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Panola County: 11.9% † 2,635 (±2.6% / ±580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.6 minutes ±5.7 (61,380  ±17,850) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Panola County: 28.8 † 261,910 (±3 / ±30,762)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,567 ±216 Number of households
  • Panola County: 8,486 ±320
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.2 (6,155  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Panola County: 2.6 22,150 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.5% ±5.7% (105  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Panola County: 5.2% † 249 (±2.5% / ±117)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

3,224 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Panola County: 10,818 ±56
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$153,100 ±$24,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Panola County: $146,000 ±$8,974
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

17.1% ±4.9% (1,108  ±317.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Panola County: 10.6% † 2,364 (±2.3% / ±519.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

82.2% ±10.1% (3,491  ±460.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Panola County: 85% 13,141 (±5% / ±776.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
17% ±5.4% (720  ±230.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Panola County: 17.9% † 2,762 (±2.3% / ±360.4)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

8.9% ±3.9% (583  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Panola County: 4.3% 967
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

3.5% ±2.1% (179  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Panola County: 9.4% † 1,630 (±1.5% / ±251)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
179 Total veterans ±110 179 Male ±110 N/A Female ±21

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