Carthage is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,264 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carthage is the 206th largest community in Tennessee. Carthage real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Carthage house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.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 town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carthage who work in healthcare (12.65%), sales jobs (9.59%), and business and financial occupations (7.82%). Of important note, Carthage is also a town of artists. Carthage has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Carthage’s character. 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. Being a small town, Carthage does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Carthage who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.26% of the adults in Carthage have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $29,305, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,220 for a family of four. However, Carthage contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carthage is a somewhat 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 Italian. The most common language spoken in Carthage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
