Carson City vs Howard City

A side-by-side comparison of Carson City and Howard City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howard City has the higher population (1,683 vs 1,161 in Carson City). Howard City has the higher median household income ($52,663 vs $42,750 in Carson City). Howard City has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $109,200 in Carson City).

Population, income & housing

	Carson City	Howard City
Population	1,161	1,683
Median age	49.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,750	$52,663
Median home value	$109,200	$143,800
Median gross rent	$673	$708
Housing units	566	754
Homeownership rate	54.6%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson City	Howard City
Population	993 → 1,161 (+16.9%)	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $42,750 (+3.8%)	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $109,200 (+29.1%)	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $673 (+7.7%)	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)

Carson City

Population

9931,161

Median household income

$41,184$42,750

Median home value

$84,600$109,200

Median gross rent

$625$673

Howard City

Population

1,5891,683

Median household income

$41,346$52,663

Median home value

$81,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$669$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson City	Howard City
Under 5	1.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	23.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.5%
75 and over	13.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson City	Howard City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson City	Howard City
No high school diploma	6.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson City	Howard City
Drove alone	80.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson City	Howard City
1-unit, detached	76.0%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Carson City	Howard City
Poverty rate	14.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1952	1985