Carp Lake vs Harbor Springs

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

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

Harbor Springs has the higher population (1,015 vs 407 in Carp Lake). Harbor Springs has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Harbor Springs has the higher median home value ($368,100 vs $170,800 in Carp Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
Population	407	1,015
Median age	40.3 yrs	64.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,318	$60,556
Median home value	$170,800	$368,100
Median gross rent	$565	$950
Housing units	447	1,091
Homeownership rate	67.7%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
Population	368 → 407 (+10.6%)	1,158 → 1,015 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)	$52,450 → $60,556 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)	$244,800 → $368,100 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)	$877 → $950 (+8.3%)

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Harbor Springs

Population

1,1581,015

Median household income

$52,450$60,556

Median home value

$244,800$368,100

Median gross rent

$877$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	30.7%	4.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	21.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	9.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	26.4%
75 and over	7.4%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
Drove alone	94.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
1-unit, detached	78.3%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Carp Lake	Harbor Springs
Poverty rate	45.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.63	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1975	1964