Carleton vs Woodland Beach

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

Carleton and Woodland 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 2,509 in Woodland Beach). Woodland Beach has the higher median household income ($70,330 vs $63,826 in Carleton). Carleton has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $159,300 in Woodland Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
Population	2,635	2,509
Median age	38.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,826	$70,330
Median home value	$177,800	$159,300
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	1,044	1,042
Homeownership rate	77.8%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
Population	2,432 → 2,635 (+8.3%)	2,294 → 2,509 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $63,826 (+13.5%)	$53,902 → $70,330 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $177,800 (+30.4%)	$123,400 → $159,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $871 (+41.4%)	$986 → $1,017 (+3.1%)

Carleton

Population

2,4322,635

Median household income

$56,250$63,826

Median home value

$136,400$177,800

Median gross rent

$616$871

Woodland Beach

Population

2,2942,509

Median household income

$53,902$70,330

Median home value

$123,400$159,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
Under 5	4.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	22.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	19.7%	18.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.6%
75 and over	6.7%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carleton	Woodland Beach
Drove alone	83.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carleton	Woodland 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	Woodland Beach
Poverty rate	11.0%	27.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1978	1958