Carp Lake vs Pellston

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

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

Pellston has the higher population (834 vs 407 in Carp Lake). Pellston has the higher median household income ($59,464 vs $27,318 in Carp Lake). Carp Lake has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $117,100 in Pellston).

Population, income & housing

	Carp Lake	Pellston
Population	407	834
Median age	40.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,318	$59,464
Median home value	$170,800	$117,100
Median gross rent	$565	$1,013
Housing units	447	351
Homeownership rate	67.7%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carp Lake	Pellston
Population	368 → 407 (+10.6%)	932 → 834 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)	$34,688 → $59,464 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)	$86,000 → $117,100 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Pellston

Population

932834

Median household income

$34,688$59,464

Median home value

$86,000$117,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carp Lake	Pellston
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	30.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	3.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	21.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	5.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carp Lake	Pellston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	9.4%
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%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carp Lake	Pellston
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carp Lake	Pellston
Drove alone	94.3%	87.9%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carp Lake	Pellston
1-unit, detached	78.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Carp Lake	Pellston
Poverty rate	45.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1975	1986