Carthage is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,813 people and four associated neighborhoods, Carthage is the 69th largest community in Mississippi.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.20% 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.

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

In terms of college education, Carthage is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.76% of adults 25 and older in Carthage have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carthage in 2022 was $21,967, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,868 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Carthage also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carthage include English, Scottish, French, German, and Irish.

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