Carp Lake vs Mackinaw City

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

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

Mackinaw City has the higher population (647 vs 407 in Carp Lake). Mackinaw City has the higher median household income ($40,536 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Mackinaw City has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $170,800 in Carp Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
Population	407	647
Median age	40.3 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$27,318	$40,536
Median home value	$170,800	$210,500
Median gross rent	$565	$694
Housing units	447	630
Homeownership rate	67.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	24.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
Population	368 → 407 (+10.6%)	805 → 647 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)	$36,250 → $40,536 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)	$151,600 → $210,500 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)	$686 → $694 (+1.2%)

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Mackinaw City

Population

805647

Median household income

$36,250$40,536

Median home value

$151,600$210,500

Median gross rent

$686$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	30.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	2.8%
35 to 44	21.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	22.1%
75 and over	7.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	66.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	4.9%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
Drove alone	94.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
1-unit, detached	78.3%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Carp Lake	Mackinaw City
Poverty rate	45.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1967