Carp Lake vs Oden

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

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

Oden has the higher population (492 vs 407 in Carp Lake). Oden has the higher median household income ($61,132 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Carp Lake has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $123,000 in Oden).

Population, income & housing

	Carp Lake	Oden
Population	407	492
Median age	40.3 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$27,318	$61,132
Median home value	$170,800	$123,000
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	447	286
Homeownership rate	67.7%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carp Lake	Oden
Population	368 → 407 (+10.6%)	424 → 492 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)	$43,357 → $61,132 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)	$71,700 → $123,000 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)	$599 → $610 (+1.8%)

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Oden

Population

424492

Median household income

$43,357$61,132

Median home value

$71,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$599$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carp Lake	Oden
Under 5	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 17	30.7%	4.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	28.7%
25 to 34	3.4%	20.5%
35 to 44	21.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	9.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	0.0%
75 and over	7.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carp Lake	Oden
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	Oden
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carp Lake	Oden
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	Oden
1-unit, detached	78.3%	44.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	33.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Carp Lake	Oden
Poverty rate	45.9%	37.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1975	1984