Carp Lake vs Conway

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

Carp Lake and Conway 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 161 in Conway). Conway has the higher median household income ($75,114 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Conway has the higher median home value ($430,000 vs $170,800 in Carp Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Carp Lake	Conway
Population	407	161
Median age	40.3 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,318	$75,114
Median home value	$170,800	$430,000
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	447	195
Homeownership rate	67.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	23.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carp Lake	Conway
Population	368 → 407 (+10.6%)	170 → 161 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)	$31,154 → $75,114 (+141.1%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)	$156,100 → $430,000 (+175.5%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)	—

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Conway

Population

170161

Median household income

$31,154$75,114

Median home value

$156,100$430,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carp Lake	Conway
Under 5	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	30.7%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	3.1%
35 to 44	21.1%	3.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	21.7%
75 and over	7.4%	29.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carp Lake	Conway
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carp Lake	Conway
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carp Lake	Conway
Drove alone	94.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carp Lake	Conway
1-unit, detached	78.3%	23.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	41.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Carp Lake	Conway
Poverty rate	45.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1975	1988