Carthage is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,653 people and four associated neighborhoods, Carthage is the 319th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Carthage has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Carthage a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Carthage does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Carthage with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.65% of adults in Carthage have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $33,058, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,232 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 16.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carthage include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Carthage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.