Carleton vs Detroit Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Carleton and Detroit Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carleton has the higher population (2,635 vs 2,231 in Detroit Beach). Detroit Beach has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $63,826 in Carleton). Carleton has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $163,400 in Detroit Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
Population	2,635	2,231
Median age	38.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,826	$73,478
Median home value	$177,800	$163,400
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	1,044	928
Homeownership rate	77.8%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
Population	2,432 → 2,635 (+8.3%)	1,742 → 2,231 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $63,826 (+13.5%)	$60,125 → $73,478 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $177,800 (+30.4%)	$106,900 → $163,400 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $871 (+41.4%)	$604 → $742 (+22.8%)

Carleton

Population

2,4322,635

Median household income

$56,250$63,826

Median home value

$136,400$177,800

Median gross rent

$616$871

Detroit Beach

Population

1,7422,231

Median household income

$60,125$73,478

Median home value

$106,900$163,400

Median gross rent

$604$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
Under 5	4.6%	12.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	22.1%
35 to 44	19.7%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.2%
75 and over	6.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
Drove alone	83.7%	98.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
1-unit, detached	62.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carleton	Detroit Beach
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1978	1957