The median home value in Carthage, TX is $201,626 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.78% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$201,626
Year-over-Year
+5.78%
Population
6,616
Carthage ranks #274 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 25.8% below the state's city median of $271,742. It sits in Panola County, where the county-wide median is $203,963.
Carthage police recorded a violent crime rate of 605 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,814 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Carthage is $201,626. That's up 5.78% from a year earlier. That is about 25.8% below the typical county in Texas.
Homes in Carthage are cheaper than Panola County as a whole, where the median is $203,963 — a difference of about 1.1%.
Carthage police reported 605 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,616. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.