Brutus vs Carp Lake

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

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

Carp Lake has the higher population (407 vs 220 in Brutus). Brutus has the higher median household income ($67,159 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Brutus has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $170,800 in Carp Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Brutus	Carp Lake
Population	220	407
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,159	$27,318
Median home value	$207,100	$170,800
Median gross rent	—	$565
Housing units	79	447
Homeownership rate	84.1%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brutus	Carp Lake
Population	89 → 220 (+147.2%)	368 → 407 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$58,542 → $67,159 (+14.7%)	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $207,100 (+27.4%)	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)

Brutus

Population

89220

Median household income

$58,542$67,159

Median home value

$162,500$207,100

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)

	Brutus	Carp Lake
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	30.7%
18 to 24	1.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	3.4%
35 to 44	21.4%	21.1%
45 to 54	3.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	1.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	14.5%
75 and over	4.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brutus	Carp Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brutus	Carp Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	56.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brutus	Carp Lake
Drove alone	54.4%	94.3%
Carpooled	39.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brutus	Carp Lake
1-unit, detached	87.3%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Brutus	Carp Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	45.9%
Average household size	3.19	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1994	1975