Alanson vs Carp Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Alanson and Carp Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Alanson and Carp Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alanson has the higher population (943 vs 407 in Carp Lake). Alanson has the higher median household income ($61,563 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Carp Lake has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $121,200 in Alanson).

Population, income & housing

	Alanson	Carp Lake
Population	943	407
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,563	$27,318
Median home value	$121,200	$170,800
Median gross rent	$521	$565
Housing units	520	447
Homeownership rate	81.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alanson	Carp Lake
Population	909 → 943 (+3.7%)	368 → 407 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$40,658 → $61,563 (+51.4%)	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $121,200 (+17.8%)	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $521 (-31.2%)	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)

Alanson

Population

909943

Median household income

$40,658$61,563

Median home value

$102,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$757$521

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alanson	Carp Lake
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	30.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	3.4%
35 to 44	18.0%	21.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.5%
75 and over	4.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alanson	Carp Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	3.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alanson	Carp Lake
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	42.1%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alanson	Carp Lake
Drove alone	80.9%	94.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alanson	Carp Lake
1-unit, detached	69.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Alanson	Carp Lake
Poverty rate	13.9%	45.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1982	1975