Carlton vs Detroit

A side-by-side comparison of Carlton and Detroit: population, income, housing, and more.

Carlton and Detroit are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Detroit has the higher population (100 vs 19 in Carlton). Detroit has the higher median household income ($126,000 vs $64,375 in Carlton). Since 2019, Carlton's population has grown faster (+58.3% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Detroit
Population	19	100
Median age	58.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$126,000
Median home value	—	$102,800
Housing units	15	38
Homeownership rate	77.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Detroit
Population	12 → 19 (+58.3%)	178 → 100 (-43.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $64,375 (+32.1%)	$26,667 → $126,000 (+372.5%)
Median home value	—	$85,000 → $102,800 (+20.9%)

Carlton

Population

1219

Median household income

$48,750$64,375

Detroit

Population

178100

Median household income

$26,667$126,000

Median home value

$85,000$102,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Detroit
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	36.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	31.6%	25.0%
75 and over	10.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Detroit
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Detroit
No high school diploma	21.4%	24.6%
High school graduate	50.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Detroit
Drove alone	100.0%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Detroit
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Detroit
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1938	1951