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.
