Carthage is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 15,703 people and three associated neighborhoods, Carthage is the 51st largest community in Missouri.Carthage is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carthage is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carthage who work in office and administrative support (10.70%), teaching (9.65%), and sales jobs (9.26%). One of the benefits of Carthage is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.82 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Carthage are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.10% of adults in Carthage having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $25,235, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,940 for a family of four. However, Carthage contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carthage is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carthage home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carthage residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Carthage also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carthage include German, English, Irish, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Carthage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
