Carney vs Powers

A side-by-side comparison of Carney and Powers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Powers has the higher population (370 vs 198 in Carney). Carney has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $35,417 in Powers). Carney has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $92,900 in Powers).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Powers
Population	198	370
Median age	51.7 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$35,417
Median home value	$115,500	$92,900
Median gross rent	$890	$439
Housing units	97	130
Homeownership rate	77.9%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Powers
Population	216 → 198 (-8.3%)	453 → 370 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $46,250 (+6.2%)	$37,614 → $35,417 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $115,500 (+28.3%)	$75,500 → $92,900 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $890 (+61.8%)	$495 → $439 (-11.3%)

Carney

Population

216198

Median household income

$43,542$46,250

Median home value

$90,000$115,500

Median gross rent

$550$890

Powers

Population

453370

Median household income

$37,614$35,417

Median home value

$75,500$92,900

Median gross rent

$495$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Powers
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	1.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.5%
75 and over	14.1%	36.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Powers
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Powers
No high school diploma	13.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	49.3%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Powers
Drove alone	82.7%	62.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	32.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Powers
1-unit, detached	90.7%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	22.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Powers
Poverty rate	17.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.44	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1961	1962