Carthage is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,999 people and three associated neighborhoods, Carthage is the 261st largest community in North Carolina. Carthage has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Carthage, where the median household income is $82,695.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Carthage is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Carthage is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carthage who work in management occupations (21.51%), personal care services (9.74%), and office and administrative support (9.11%). Carthage is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Carthage, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.32% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Carthage has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Carthage has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Carthage than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Carthage may be for you.In terms of college education, Carthage is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.58% of adults in Carthage have a college degree. The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $35,983, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,932 for a family of four. However, Carthage contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carthage is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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. Important ancestries of people in Carthage include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Carthage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
