Carson City vs Sheridan

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

Carson City and Sheridan 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 816 in Sheridan). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($56,786 vs $42,750 in Carson City). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $109,200 in Carson City).

Population, income & housing

	Carson City	Sheridan
Population	1,161	816
Median age	49.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,750	$56,786
Median home value	$109,200	$140,600
Median gross rent	$673	$777
Housing units	566	353
Homeownership rate	54.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson City	Sheridan
Population	993 → 1,161 (+16.9%)	622 → 816 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $42,750 (+3.8%)	$51,500 → $56,786 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $109,200 (+29.1%)	$93,100 → $140,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $673 (+7.7%)	$696 → $777 (+11.6%)

Carson City

Population

9931,161

Median household income

$41,184$42,750

Median home value

$84,600$109,200

Median gross rent

$625$673

Sheridan

Population

622816

Median household income

$51,500$56,786

Median home value

$93,100$140,600

Median gross rent

$696$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson City	Sheridan
Under 5	1.7%	12.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.7%
75 and over	13.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson City	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson City	Sheridan
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson City	Sheridan
Drove alone	80.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson City	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	76.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Carson City	Sheridan
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1952	1961