Carthage is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 917 people and just one neighborhood, Carthage is the 336th largest community in Indiana. Carthage has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Carthage real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Carthage house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Carthage, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.59% of Carthage’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Carthage is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Carthage who work in food service (7.41%), management occupations (6.67%), and maintenance occupations (6.30%).
In Carthage, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Carthage does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Carthage has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.29% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $20,812, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,248 for a family of four. However, Carthage contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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. Important ancestries of people in Carthage include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Carthage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.6% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Carthage are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.5% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 41.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 36.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.7%), and 7.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Carthage, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.7%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.