Carson City vs Lakeview

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

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

Carson City has the higher population (1,161 vs 1,049 in Lakeview). Carson City has the higher median household income ($42,750 vs $30,865 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $109,200 in Carson City).

Population, income & housing

	Carson City	Lakeview
Population	1,161	1,049
Median age	49.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,750	$30,865
Median home value	$109,200	$152,900
Median gross rent	$673	$507
Housing units	566	419
Homeownership rate	54.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	21.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson City	Lakeview
Population	993 → 1,161 (+16.9%)	1,012 → 1,049 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $42,750 (+3.8%)	$31,776 → $30,865 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $109,200 (+29.1%)	$85,200 → $152,900 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $673 (+7.7%)	$471 → $507 (+7.6%)

Carson City

Population

9931,161

Median household income

$41,184$42,750

Median home value

$84,600$109,200

Median gross rent

$625$673

Lakeview

Population

1,0121,049

Median household income

$31,776$30,865

Median home value

$85,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$471$507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson City	Lakeview
Under 5	1.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	19.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	6.7%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.6%
75 and over	13.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson City	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson City	Lakeview
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson City	Lakeview
Drove alone	80.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson City	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	76.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carson City	Lakeview
Poverty rate	14.2%	33.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1952	1957